Assessment of The Quality of HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing Service Delivery in Private Health Units in Tara Sub County, Maracha District, West Nile

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TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

CHAPTER ONE

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Background of the Study i

1.2 Statement of the Problem 3

1.3 The purpose ofthe study 4

1.4. Objectives of the study 4

1.4.1 General objective 4

1.6. Scope of the study 4

1.6.] Content scope 4

1.6.3 Time scope 5

1.7. Significance of the study 5

1.9 Definition of the key terms 6

2.0 Introduction 7

2.1 Factors affecting HIV/AIDS testing and counseling 7

2.5 Barriers to HCT 13

3.0 Introduction 16

3.1 Research Design 16

3.2 Survey population 16

3.4 Sample Size 17

3.5 Sampling Procedure 17

3.6 Data collection instruments 17

3.6.] Questionnaire 17

3.6.2 Interview Guide 17

3.7. Source of data 17

3.7 Data processing, analysis and presentation 18

3.8 Data Analysis 18

3.9Ethical Considerations 1 8

3.10 Limitations of the Study .18

DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS 20

4.0 Introduction 20

Table 1: Sex Distributions of Respondents 20

Table 2: Respondents by position held 21

Table 3: Respondents by terms of service 21

Table 4: Respondents by work experience permanent basis 22

Table 5: Respondents by Levels ofEducation 22

Awareness 26

4.4 The findings on the possible ways of improving the quality of HCT service 26

CHAPTER FIVE 29

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 29

5.0 Introduction 29

5.1 Summary of the Findings 29

5.2 Conclusion 31

5.3 Recommendations 32

5.4 Areas for Further research 32

Appendix II: Time frame or work plan 43

ABSTRACT The topic of the study was an assessment of the quality of HJV counseling and testing service delivery in private health units. The study had the following objectives to determine the level of adherence to counseling and testing guidelines by HCT, nature of health facility infrastructure factors that affect quality of HCT service delivery and to identify possible ways to improve the quality of HCT services in the private health units in Maracha. The study used the Morgan formula for determining the sample size out of the total population of which 85 were selected as a representative sample for the purpose of this study. These guided the study and determined the data that the researcher collected from the field through interviews and questionnaires. The study used an exploratory research design to explore into issues concerning the practice of desertification and rural development in Tara sub county, simple random sampling was used to select a representative sample from the study population where a sample size of 80 respondents were selected for the study. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources using documentation, interviews and questionnaires, collected data was analyzed qualitatively using thematic analysis to generate relate data into tables that helped the researcher in discussing the findings.

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Assessment of The Quality of HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing Service Delivery in Private Health Units in Tara Sub County, Maracha District, West Nile

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