The objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot test of a program aimed at training traditional healers to conduct HIV testing and implementing HIV testing among people living in Bushbuckridge, South Africa. Pilot Healer-initiated HIV testing uptake and linkage to prevention services. Trust in allopathic health care and HIV stigma will be measured among participants at study enrollment and at month seven. Hypothesis: Healer-initiated HIV counseling and testing (HICT) will increase trust in allopathic health care and reduce HIV stigma.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Traditional healers \> 18 years of age, who are registered as traditional healers with the government of South Africa, are currently practicing in the Bushbuckridge area, and are trained to provide HIV testing. 2. Biomedical practitioners \> 18 years of age, who are currently providing HIV-related health care services to patients at government or private health facilities in Bushbuckridge. 3. Community members \> 18 years of age, who have not received an HIV test result in the past year and who currently live in Bushbuckridge. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Traditional healers who do not believe in HIV disease and those who can not pass their HIV counseling and testing certification. 2. Biomedical practitioners who do not interact with patients seeking treatment for HIV. 3. Community members who are not out sound mind or body during the recruitment (inebriated, too sick to leave the house) and community members with a previous positive HIV test result.