Preferences for Home-Based HIV Testing Among Heterosexuals at Increased Risk for HIV/AIDS: New Orleans, Louisiana, 2013

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Jul 1:75 Suppl 3:S352-S356. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001410.

Abstract

Participants in the New Orleans arm of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance of Heterosexuals at Increased Risk for HIV were asked about potential utilization of self-administered home-based tests for HIV. The majority (86%) would use a free home-based test if provided by mail and 99% would seek treatment based on a positive result. In addition, more than half of respondents would return test results in some format to the test provider, whereas most of the remaining participants preferred to discuss results only with their doctor. These findings point toward a potential method for advancing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

MeSH terms

  • AIDS Serodiagnosis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • Diagnostic Self Evaluation*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis*
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
  • Heterosexuality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Middle Aged
  • New Orleans / epidemiology
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Social Stigma
  • Young Adult