Voluntary HIV testing and risky sexual behaviours among health care workers: a survey in rural and urban Burkina Faso

BMC Public Health

Nicolas Nagot⁵  Annie Robert⁴  Nicolas Meda¹  Marie-Christine Defer²  Paulin Fao²  Alain Deccache³  Seydou Yaro²  Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou⁴ 

[1] Département de santé publique, Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso;Institut de recherche santé et société (IRSS), Faculté de Santé Publique (FSP), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium;Pôle Epidémiologie et Biostatistique, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Faculté de Santé Publique (FSP), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium;INSERM U1058 «Infection by HIV and by agents with mucocutaneous tropism: from pathogenesis to prevention, Université Montpellier 1 & CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier, France

关键词: Health care workers;    High-risk sex;    VCT;   

Others  :  1162141
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-540

 received in 2012-11-12, accepted in 2013-03-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) together with a safe sexual behaviour is an important preventive strategy in the control of HIV. Although Health care workers (HCWs) are critical in the response to HIV, little is known about VCT and high risk behaviours (HRB) among this group in West Africa. This study aims to assess the prevalence of VCT and HRB among HCWs in Burkina Faso.

Methods

We collected data through a questionnaire in urban areas (Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso) and rural areas (Poni and Yatenga) among HCWs from 97 health care facilities. Urine samples were collected, screened for HIV using a Calypte® test kit and confirmed by Western Blot. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with the use of VCT services and with high-risk sex behaviour.

Results

About 92.5% of eligible HCWs participated (1570 out of 1697). Overall, 38.2% of them (34.6% of women and 42.6% of men) had ever used VCT services. About 40% of HCWs reported that fear of knowing the test result was the main reason for not doing the HIV test. Male HCWs (p = 0.001), laboratory workers (p < 0.001), those having two years or more experience (p = 0.03), and those who had multiple partners (p = 0.001) were more likely to have tested for HIV. One fifth of HCWs reported multiple partners. Of these, thirteen percent did not use condoms. HCWs who had multiple partners were significantly more likely to be men, single, living in rural areas, and under the age of 29 years.

Conclusion

VCT was still very low among HCWs in Burkina Faso, while HRB was high.

These findings suggest that ‘HCW-friendly’ VCT centres should be implemented, securing confidentiality among colleagues. In addition, refreshment courses on HIV risk reduction, counselling and testing are certainly required during the professional career of HCWs.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Kirakoya-Samadoulougou et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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