A randomized, controlled study exploring factors associated with decision to undergo HIV screening
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Materials and methods The M-BRiHT project is a single-site, prospective randomized study of adult Emergency Department attendees offered automated video-based pre-and post-test counseling combined with rapid HIV testing (buccal swab). Subjects were randomly assigned to receive identical, standardized video-based preand post-test counseling from a single pre-assigned counselor (Caucasian female) or to choose one of four counselors (male or female from Caucasian or African origin). Primary endpoint was the proportion of subjects completing HIV testing in each randomization group.
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