Factors Associated with Lack of HIV Testing among Latino Immigrant and Black Patients at 4 Geographically and Demographically Diverse Emergency Departments
| Autor: | Melissa A. Clark, Christopher L. Bennett, Michael P. Carey, Roland C. Merchant, Sarah J. Marks, Tao Liu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Sexual Behavior Immunology Immigration Health literacy HIV Infections Dermatology Hiv testing Logistic regression lcsh:RC870-923 01 natural sciences HIV Testing 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking HIV/AIDS testing Prevalence Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Risk factor Male gender media_common sexual risk-taking business.industry HIV/AIDS research 010102 general mathematics virus diseases Hispanic or Latino Middle Aged lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology HIV/AIDS transmission &/or risk Black or African American Infectious Diseases Female Original Article business Emergency Service Hospital Latino immigrant Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, Vol 19 (2020) Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care |
| ISSN: | 2325-9582 |
| Popis: | The need for HIV testing in US emergency departments (EDs) has not been assessed, particularly among Latino immigrants and Blacks. We surveyed Latino immigrant and Black 18 to 64-year-old patients at 4 EDs about demographic characteristics, HIV testing history, and health literacy. A subset of patients was further surveyed on HIV risk-taking behaviors. Of the 2,265 participants, 24% had never been tested for HIV. Latino immigrants were more likely than Blacks never to have been tested for HIV (28% vs. 16%). In multivariable logistic regression, for Latino immigrants, male gender and lower health literacy were associated with no previous HIV testing. Among the 1,141-participant subset providing HIV risk-taking behavior data, 23% reported at least one risk factor and of those with at least one risk factor, 23% had never been tested for HIV. There remains a need for HIV testing among adult Latino immigrant and Black patients in US EDs. |
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