Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence to David MacLaren e-mail: david. Documenting specific knowledge and attitudes about HIV in the culturally diverse nation of Solomon Islands is essential to inform locally targeted public health responses. Overall, 43 people attended research capacity building workshops in ; eight joined the HIV study group. A cross-sectional survey including semi-structured interviews on HIV was conducted by the group.
In February , a hospital administrator was interviewed about how the study informed local HIV responses. Most participants reported negative attitudes towards people with HIV. Three years later the health administrator reported ad hoc responses to HIV because of low HIV prevalence, increasing noncommunicable diseases, staff turnover and resource shortages.
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This HIV study was used to strengthen research skills in local health professionals and community members in Solomon Islands. It showed that community members require accurate information about HIV transmission and that entrenched stigma is an issue.
Although results provided local evidence for local response, ongoing health system challenges and little local HIV transmission meant HIV services remain rudimentary. Reducing the burden of HIV remains a global challenge. Despite the declining number of new infections of HIV globally, there was still an estimated 1.
People regularly travel between the countries. Since , there has been a concerted effort to have operational research embedded into the way local health services and community leaders engage with public health issues in East Kwaio on the remote eastern coast of the island of Malaita. This has included theoretical training and practical workshops in public health research methods using decolonizing methodologies and participatory research frameworks.
