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ArticleBMC public health2013

HIV antibody testing and its correlates among heterosexual attendees of sexually transmitted disease clinics in China.

Qiaoqin Ma, Xiaohong Pan, Gaofeng Cai, Jiezhe Yan, Masako Ono-Kihara, Masahiro Kihara

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Article in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Qiaoqin MaCenter for Disease Control and Prevention of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310051, People's Republic of China. qiaoqinma@yahoo.com.cn
Xiaohong Pan
Gaofeng Cai
Jiezhe Yan
Masako Ono-Kihara
Masahiro Kihara
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USKyoto University · JPZhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study was conducted to determine the prevalence of HIV antibody testing and associated factors among heterosexual sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic attendees in China.

methodsA self-administered questionnaire was administered among 823 attendees of 4 STD clinics of Zhejiang Province, China in October to December 2007. Psychosocial and behavioural factors associated with HIV antibody testing were identified in both genders using univariate and multivariate analyses.

resultsOf all 823 STD clinic attendees, 9.3% of male and 18.0% of female attendees underwent HIV antibody testing in the most recent 6 months, and 60% of the participants had gotten no educational/behavioral intervention related to HIV prevention. The correlates for HIV antibody testing in the most recent 6 months as identified by multivariate analysis were ever condom use [odds ratio (OR), 10.37; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.32-81.22]; ever anal/oral sex (OR, 3.13; 95% CI, 1.03-9.50) during their lifetime; having ever received three to seven types of behavioural interventions in the most recent 6 months (OR, 3.70; 95% CI, 1.32-10.36) among male subjects; and ever condom use (OR, 12.50; 95% CI, 2.20-71.01), STD history (OR, 3.86; 95% CI, 1.26-11.86) over their lifetime, or having ever received three to seven types of behavioural interventions in the most recent 6 months (OR, 8.68; 95% CI, 2.39-31.46) in female subjects. A lifetime experience of casual/commercial sex partners was strongly negatively associated with HIV testing in female subjects (OR, 0.08; 95% CI, 0.01-0.83).

conclusionThe low prevalence of HIV antibody testing and behavioural intervention among STD clinic attendees indicates a need for more targeted, intensive behavioural interventions to promote HIV antibody testing in this population.

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AdultChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth FacilitiesHeterosexualityHIV AntibodiesHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMass ScreeningRisk FactorsSexual BehaviorSexually Transmitted DiseasesSurveys and QuestionnairesHIV Antibodies

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