HIV Testing Behaviors Among Latina Women Tested for HIV in Florida, 2012
| Autor: | Mary Jo Trepka, Jessy G. Dévieux, Purnima Madhivanan, Erica L. Gollub, Janelle Taveras, Boubakari Ibrahimou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Black People HIV Infections Hiv testing medicine.disease_cause White People Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Ethnicity medicine Humans Mass Screening 030212 general & internal medicine General Nursing 030505 public health business.industry HIV screening Hispanic or Latino Virology Florida Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Hispanic Health Care International. 15:27-34 |
| ISSN: | 1938-8993 1540-4153 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Latina women in the United States (US) are not only disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but also underuse HIV prevention services, such as HIV testing. Method: HIV testing events were examined to describe the HIV testing behaviors and test results among Latinas tested in 2012 at publicly funded sites in Florida, United States. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the demographic characteristics associated with reports of previous testing and positive HIV test results. Results: Of the 184,037 testing events, 87,569 (45.6%) were among non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs), 47,926 (26.0%) non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), 41,117 (22.3%) Latinas, 5,672 (3.1%) those with unknown race/ethnicity, and 1,753 (1.0%) other racial/ethnic groups. Compared to NHW and NHB women, Latinas testing for HIV were older (mean age = 32.1, NHW = mean age 30.3, NHB = mean age 30.0; p < .0001). Results indicated that women who reported previous HIV testing had decreased odds of being Latina (adjusted odds ratio = 0.90; 95% confidence interval [0.87, 0.94]). Conclusion: These findings indicate that Latinas are underusing HIV testing, and efforts are needed to increase the proportion of Latinas, especially younger Latinas, tested for HIV in Florida. |
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