Perceptions, Barriers, and Facilitators of Provider-Initiated and Voluntary HIV Testing and Counseling Among Health Care Workers: Protocol for a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Bingyi Wang   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , PhD, MD ;   Leiwen Fu   ^{4, 5 *} , PhD, MD ;   Ke Liu   ^{4, 5 *} , MD ;   Cailing Ao   ^{6 *} , MPH ;   Simin He   ¹ , MPH ;   Shilan Xie   ¹ , MPH ;   Liwei Wan   ⁷ , MPH ;   Guoren Wang   ¹ , MPH ;   Zhen Lu   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Yong Lu   ^{9 *} , MD, PhD ;   Fang Yang   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Yan Li   ^{10 *} , MD, PhD ;   Xiaobing Fu   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Huihong Deng   ^{10 *} , MD

¹ Institute of HIV/AIDS Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

² Department of HIV/AIDS Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Preventive Medicine, Guangzhou, China

³ Luhe Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanwei, China

⁴ Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

⁵ Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumour Research Institute, Beijing, China

⁶ Department of Disease Surveillance, Guangzhou Baiyun District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

⁷ Institute of Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

⁸ School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

⁹ School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China

¹⁰ General Office, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

*these authors contributed equally