HIV testing rates and factors associated with recent HIV testing among male couples

Sex Transm Dis. 2012 May;39(5):379-81. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182479108.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Family Characteristics
  • HIV Seropositivity / diagnosis*
  • HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology
  • HIV Seropositivity / psychology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
  • Risk Factors
  • Sexual Partners* / psychology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Truth Disclosure
  • United States / epidemiology