Implementation of adolescent HIV screening in two urban pediatric emergency departments in the United States
The rate of new HIV diagnoses among screened AY ED patients was <0.1%, however, less than one-quarter of eligible AY were approached for testing. The staff-run HIV POCT model was successful in the lower acuity community-based pediatric ED, while the larger tertiary-based pediatric ED performed well only with the support of dedicated testers. Future studies are necessary to identify the optimal implementation strategy for sustainable ED-based AY HIV screening in the US.
Authors
- Monika K. Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3452-8615)
- Kavitha Ganesan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8450-5919)
- Shilpa J. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9287-1430)
- Sephora Morrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-7736)
- Wei Li Adeline Koay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8825-7067)
- Natella Rakhmanina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2246-4581)
- Justin Unternaher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-6455)
Institutions
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (US)
- Children's National (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321473
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health