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| Title |
Voluntary versus health professional-initiated HIV testing: a population-based study in women in a city in Southern Brazil
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| Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00074415 |
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| Authors |
Marilia Arndt Mesenburg, Fernando César Wehrmeister, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira |
| Abstract |
This was a cross-sectional population-based study that aimed to describe the prevalence of HIV testing and associated factors in women in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A total of 1,222 women were interviewed. We estimated the overall testing prevalence (yes/no) and prevalence disaggregated by testing ordered by a health professional versus voluntary testing. Test prevalence was 66.1% (95%CI: 63.4-68.8): 52.4% for testing ordered by a health professional (95%CI: 49.6-55.2) and 13.6% for spontaneous testing (95%CI: 11.6-15.5). The principal reason for testing was prenatal screening (52%). Age, age at sexual initiation, and having children were associated statistically with both voluntary and health professional-initiated testing. Sexual risk score, conjugal status, and condom use were only associated statistically with testing ordered by a health professional, while history of anal sex was only associated with spontaneous testing. The results indicate that HIV testing is closely related to prenatal care and that risk perception by the attending health professional appears to be more accurate than the patient's own perception. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 21 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Professor | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 10% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 9 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 24% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 December 2017.
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#1,008
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#19
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