Bathhouse-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing Is Feasible and Shows Preliminary Evidence of Effectiveness
| Autor: | David M. Huebner, Olga Grinstead, Samantha E. Dilworth, Torsten B. Neilands, William J. Woods, Diane Binson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Counseling Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Sexual Behavior Voluntary counseling and testing Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) virus diseases Baths HIV Infections Convenience sample medicine.disease_cause Infectious Diseases Behavior Therapy Family medicine medicine Physical therapy Humans Anal intercourse Pharmacology (medical) business |
| Zdroj: | JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 43:239-246 |
| ISSN: | 1525-4135 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.qai.0000242464.50947.16 |
| Popis: | The goal of this study was to provide evidence for the feasibility and effectiveness of conducting voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV in a bathhouse setting. Four hundred ninety-two men participated in bathhouse-based VCT offered at a single venue over a 13-month period. A convenience sample of 133 of these testers was assessed at 2 points: immediately before and 3 months after testing. Thirty-eight percent of men in the sample reported unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with 1 of their 2 most recent partners in the 3 months before testing, and 48% of those men had not otherwise been tested for HIV in the previous 12 months. Results showed that in the months after VCT, men were less likely to engage in UAI, decreased their frequency of engaging in sex while drunk or high, and were more likely to communicate about HIV with their sexual partners. Bathhouse-based VCT seems to be a feasible approach for reaching significant numbers of men at risk for HIV and shows preliminary evidence of effectiveness in changing some specific HIV-related risk and precautionary behaviors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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