Factors Associated with Recent HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Behav
• Personal Author:
  Reilly, K. H. ; Neaigus, A. ; Jenness, S. M. ; Wendel, T. ; Marshall, D. M. ; Hagan, H.
• Description:
  Understanding factors associated with recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) is important for designing interventions to increase testing rates and link cases to care. A cross-sectional study of MSM was conducted in NYC in 2011 using venue-based sampling. Associations between HIV testing in the past 12 months and relevant variables were examined through the estimation of prevalence ratios (PR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI). Of 448 participants, 107 (23.9 %) had not been tested in the past 12 months. Factors independently associated with not testing in the previous 12 months were: lack of a visit to a healthcare provider in the past 12 months (aPR: 2.5; 95 % CI: 1.9, 3.2); age ≥30 (adjusted PR: 1.9; 95 % CI: 1.4, 2.7); not having completed a bachelor's degree (aPR: 1.6; 95 % CI: 1.0, 2.4); and non-gay sexual identity (aPR: 1.4; 95 % CI: 1.0, 1.8); such MSM may be less aware of the need for frequent HIV testing.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Health Behavior Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Surveys HIV Infections HIV Seroprevalence Homosexuality, Male Humans Insurance, Health Interviews As Topic Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Population Surveillance Risk-Taking Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  AIDS Behav. 18(Suppl 3):297-304
• Pubmed ID:
  23605156
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8285127
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R24 HD042828/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U1B PS003246/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 1U1BPS003246-01/PHS HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Volume:
  18
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:43f1279c8fb4222ebdbdd31b99157aa9ba16755ec3dc1e1cc83b93feea747f0c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108174/cdc_108174_DS1.pdf
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