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participants. HIV education was offered by health educators, peers and using a game. Each test action was evaluated among participants, the organization and test team members. ## Results In total, all 140 participants were tested for HIV (74% women, 85% non-western, median age 49yr). For 127 participants HIV testing history was collected; 59% never tested before and 20% tested >1yr ago. With one positive HIV test, the detection rate was 0.7%. 90% of participants perceived no HIV risk. Several participants indicated the test action positively altered their attitude and knowledge about HIV/PLWH. The CBHT was positively evaluated by all parties. The major concerns by test team members were time, language problems and privacy. Participants hardly indicated these concerns. Conclusion This CBHT approach (1) is feasible and well-suited for testing not (recently) tested groups and detect new cases, especially in high prevalent neighborhoods with hard-to-reach populations like non-western migrants, (2) positively seems to contribute to attitudes and knowledge about HIV/PLWH. Nevertheless, it is questionable whether this laborious approach, outweighs finding the last fraction of new HIV case

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Author

Peters, C (author);Dukers-Muijrers, N (author);Evers, Y (author);Hoebe, C (author)

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Published

2021

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction