Open AccessFactors Associated with Recent HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City
Author(s) -
Kathleen H. Reilly,
Alan Neaigus,
Samuel M. Jenness,
Travis Wendel,
David Marshall,
Holly Hagan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
aids and behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.994
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1573-3254
pISSN - 1090-7165
DOI - 10.1007/s10461-013-0483-3
Subject(s) - men who have sex with men , medicine , demography , health psychology , public health , confidence interval , psychological intervention , homosexuality , gerontology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , psychology , syphilis , psychiatry , nursing , sociology , psychoanalysis
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.