The influence of lotteries on employees' workplace HIV testing behaviour.

The influence of lotteries on employees' workplace HIV testing behaviour. Afr J AIDS Res. 2018 Feb 22;:1-13 Authors: Weihs M, Meyer-Weitz A, Baasner-Weihs F Abstract The aim of the study was to understand how lottery incentives influenced the HIV counselling and testing (HCT) behaviour and behaviour intention of shop-floor workers who participated in a workplace HCT campaign initiative in two companies in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, South Africa. A post-test only quasi-experimental approach was used. The data were first collected, using a self-administered cross-sectional survey instrument, among the control group (n = 88) followed by the experimental group (n = 110) after the advent of HIV testing and lotteries was announced. HIV testing behaviour data were collected on the days of the HIV testing events. The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was used as guiding theory. Principal component analysis (PCA), t- and chi-square tests, and logistic regression were conducted to analyse the data. A significant increase in the mean scores of the experimental as compared to the control condition for the subjective norm's construct (t = -3.55, p < 0.001) and HIV testing behaviour intention (χ2 = 12.35, p < 0.001) was measured following the announcement of lottery incentives. The constructs of TPB explained 40% of the variance in HCT behaviour intention (R2 = 0.40). The strongest predictor of behaviour intention was the subjecti...
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - Category: African Health Tags: Afr J AIDS Res Source Type: research