{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,25]],"date-time":"2025-10-25T11:33:33Z","timestamp":1761392013882},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"National Institute of Public Health NIH (National Research Institute)","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Przegl Epidemiol"],"abstract":"<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><br \/><strong>OBJECTIVE.<\/strong> The objective of this study is to conduct a pilot program for self-testing for HIV during the\u00a0SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The target population was the partners of newly diagnosed HIV persons. The premise\u00a0of the program was to offer such partners a test that they could perform in the conditions, at the time, and with\u00a0the assistance of persons they themselves selected.<br \/><strong>MATERIAL AND METHODS.<\/strong> The self-test kits were sent to an outpatient clinic providing care for people\u00a0living with HIV, where, after taking a preliminary history, the physician who treats the newly diagnosed HIV\u00a0patients handed them over for use by the partner of the patient. Only the persons who reported having relations\u00a0with their sexual partner were included in the study. Information on whether the partner accepted the test kit and\u00a0the self-test result were obtained at the subsequent visit.<br \/><strong>RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.<\/strong> Between June 2020 and March 2021, the total number of handed out test kits\u00a0was 48 kits intended for 24 persons, included 11 women, average age of participants: 35, sexual orientation: 20\u00a0persons reported heterosexual orientation, two persons reported homosexual orientation, two failed to provide\u00a0information on their sexual orientation. All persons tested negative. The pilot program found that self-testing\u00a0kits are a method for HIV screening in partners of newly diagnosed HIV persons that is simple to apply and\u00a0easy to accept.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRESZCZENIE<\/strong><br \/><strong>CEL PRACY.<\/strong> Celem pracy by\u0142o przeprowadzenie pilota\u017cowego programu umo\u017cliwiaj\u0105cego samodzielne testowanie\u00a0w kierunku HIV w czasie pandemii SARS-CoV-2. Populacj\u0119 docelow\u0105 stanowili partnerzy os\u00f3b z nowo\u00a0rozpoznanym zaka\u017ceniem HIV. Za\u0142o\u017ceniem programu by\u0142o zaoferowanie wykonania testu partnerom tych os\u00f3b\u00a0w warunkach, czasie i asy\u015bcie os\u00f3b wybranych przez osob\u0119 testuj\u0105c\u0105 si\u0119.<br \/><strong>MATERIA\u0141 I METODY.<\/strong> Testy do samodzielnego wykonania zosta\u0142y przekazane do poradni specjalistycznej\u00a0sprawuj\u0105cej opiek\u0119 medyczn\u0105 nad osobami \u017cyj\u0105cymi z HIV, gdzie lekarz prowadz\u0105cy osoby z nowo zdiagnozowanym\u00a0zaka\u017ceniem HIV po wst\u0119pnym wywiadzie przekazywa\u0142 test dla partnera osoby konsultowanej. Pod\u00a0uwag\u0119 brane by\u0142y jedynie osoby deklaruj\u0105ce utrzymywanie dalszego kontaktu z partnerem seksualnym. Informacja\u00a0na temat akceptacji i wyniku testu do samodzielnego wykonania uzyskiwana by\u0142a na kolejnej wizycie.<br \/><strong>WYNIKI I ICH OM\u00d3WIENIE.<\/strong> W okresie od czerwca 2020 r. do marca 2021 r. \u0142\u0105cznie przekazano 48 test\u00f3w\u00a0dla 24 os\u00f3b, w tym 11 kobiet, \u015brednia wieku badanych: 35 lat, orientacja seksualna: 20 os\u00f3b zadeklarowa\u0142o\u00a0orientacj\u0119 heteroseksualn\u0105, dwie osoby homoseksualn\u0105, u dw\u00f3ch nie podano informacji o orientacji. Wszystkie\u00a0osoby, kt\u00f3re wykona\u0142y test uzyska\u0142y wynik ujemny. W przeprowadzonym programie pilota\u017cowym testy do samodzielnego\u00a0wykonania okaza\u0142y si\u0119 \u0142atw\u0105 do zaakceptowania i nieskomplikowan\u0105 w przeprowadzeniu metod\u0105\u00a0do screeningu zaka\u017cenia HIV w grupie partner\u00f3w seksualnych pacjent\u00f3w z nowo wykrytym zaka\u017ceniem HIV.<\/p><\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.32394\/pe.75.31","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,17]],"date-time":"2022-02-17T09:35:55Z","timestamp":1645090555000},"page":"347-354","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Self-testing for HIV among partners of newly diagnosed HIV persons \u2013 the pilot program of Test and Keep in Care (TAK) project"],"prefix":"10.32394","volume":"75","author":[{"given":"M","family":"Ankiersztejn-Bartczak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J","family":"Kowalska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"17323","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,15]]},"container-title":["Przeglad Epidemiologiczny"],"original-title":["Pilota\u017cowy projekt samodzielnego testowania w kierunku HIV partner\u00f3w pacjent\u00f3w z nowo wykrytym zaka\u017ceniem H"],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.przeglepidemiol.pzh.gov.pl\/pdf-181014-101574","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.przeglepidemiol.pzh.gov.pl\/pdf-181014-101574","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,8]],"date-time":"2024-03-08T08:44:46Z","timestamp":1709887486000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.przeglepidemiol.pzh.gov.pl\/Self-testing-for-HIV-among-partners-of-newly-diagnosed-HIV-persons-the-pilot-program,181014,0,2.html"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,15]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021]]}},"alternative-id":["181014"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.32394\/pe.75.31","relation":{},"ISSN":["0033-2100","2545-1898"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0033-2100","type":"print"},{"value":"2545-1898","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,15]]}}}