{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,2]],"date-time":"2025-11-02T05:28:31Z","timestamp":1762061311418,"version":"build-2065373602"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"African Journals Online (AJOL)","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Afr H. Sci."],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background: Kenya\u2019s Key and Affected Populations (KAP) \u2013 men who have sex with men (MSM), female sex workers, people who inject drugs (PWID), and young women aged 18-24 \u2013 often experience stigma and discrimination in Kenyan health care settings due to their identity and\/or behaviors, which can deter facility-based testing for HIV. Kenya has promoted self-testing as a means to reach these communities.\r\nObjectives: To identify KAP perspectives on self-testing and place our findings within Kenya\u2019s human rights and legal context.\r\nMethods: We conducted 4 focus group discussions (FGD) and 16 in-depth interviews (IDI). One FGD was conducted with each of the following communities: MSM, female sex workers, PWID, and young women aged 18-24. 1-4 IDI were conducted with each KAP community, and 1-3 IDI were conducted with health professionals working on HIV care in each study site. The semi-structured question guideline included one question soliciting opinions on self-testing.\r\nResults: KAP support self-testing in concept, however prevailing concerns among participants included access to pre- and posttest counseling services, as well as risk for harms (self-inflicted and otherwise) that might result from a positive result.\r\nConclusion: Kenya should ensure that human rights are promoted and respected through implementing rights-based policies and practices for HIV self-testing, including pre- and post-test counseling.\r\nKeywords: Human Rights; HIV; Voluntary Counselling; Testing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4314\/ahs.v22i2.5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,12]],"date-time":"2022-08-12T09:13:09Z","timestamp":1660295589000},"page":"37-45","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Perspectives on HIV Self-Testing Among Key and Affected Populations in Kenya"],"prefix":"10.4314","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Neiloy","family":"R Sircar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Allan","family":"A Maleche","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2895","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,29]]},"container-title":["African Health Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/download\/228801\/215989","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/download\/228801\/215989","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,12]],"date-time":"2022-08-12T09:14:54Z","timestamp":1660295694000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/view\/228801"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,29]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,3]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4314\/ahs.v22i2.5","relation":{},"ISSN":["1680-6905"],"issn-type":[{"type":"electronic","value":"1680-6905"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,29]]}}}