Annotated Bibliography: Voluntary Counselling and Testing

the subject. Most of the clinic staff were keen to discuss other issues during their consultation,
but felt constrained by the large number of people they had to attend to and the lack of adequate
facilities. If family planning services are to play a role in controlling the spread of AIDS, the first
step must be to make this function part of the overall policy. For there to be effective counseling
on AIDS prevention, in-service training of current staff is required, as well as more staff and
improvement in facilities to ensure greater privacy.
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Ref ID: 70
Abdool Karim, Q. A. (1993). Article review. AIDS Bulletin, 2, 22-23.
Keywords: barrier/barriers/gender/risk/sexual behaviour/women/Young people/youth
Abstract: This paper provides a review of the United Nations Development Programme document
on "Young women: Silence, susceptibility and HIV infection. Age and Gender as independent
variables in the acquisition of HIV infection" and its pertinence to the South African context.
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Abdool Karim, Q. A., Abdool Karim, S. S., Hoosen, M. C., & Susser, M. (1998). Informed
consent for HIV Testing in a South African Hospital: Is it Truly Informed and Truly Voluntary?
American Journal of Public Health, 88, 637-640.
Ref ID: 69
Keywords: ethics/health systems/Informed consent/VCT/voluntary counselling and testing
Abstract: The objective of this study was to assess informed consent to human immunodeficiency
virus-(HIV) testing in a perinatal HIV transmission study in a major referral hospital serving a
largely Black population in South Africa. Methods: First-time antenatal clinic attenders who were
randomly selected from those enrolled in the perinatal HIV study( n = 56) answered
questionnaires before and after counselling. Results: knowledge of HIV transmission and
prevention, high at the outset, was little improved after counselling. The acceptance rate for HIV
testing was high. Despite assurances that participation was voluntary, 88% of the women said
they felt compelled to participate in the study. The conclusions were drawn that informed consent
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