Open AccessHIV Testing Rates and Factors Associated With Recent HIV Testing Among Male Couples
Author(s) -
Jason W. Mitchell,
Andrew E. Petroll
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3182479108
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , quarter (canadian coin) , demography , virology , archaeology , sociology , history
Less data exist on HIV testing rates among male couples. By using dyadic data from 142 male couples, we found that less than a quarter of the men had been tested for HIV in the previous 3 months. Few factors also were associated with their most recent HIV test.