Authors
Junjie Xu, Katherine Brown, Guowei Ding, Haibo Wang, Guolei Zhang, Kathleen Reilly, Qinghua Li, Guixiang Wang, Ning Wang
Publication date
2011/2/1
Journal
Sexually transmitted diseases
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
89-95
Publisher
LWW
Description
Background:
The majority of people living with HIV/AIDS in China are unaware of their serostatus, and increasing the utilization of HIV testing may help to control the epidemic.
Methods:
This longitudinal study was conducted among female sex workers (FSWs) in 2 cities in Yunnan Province, China. Participants were surveyed in face-to-face interviews and tested for HIV and STDs. Factors associated with HIV-testing history and HIV-test follow-up were analyzed.
Results:
Of the 1642 study participants, 291 (17.7%) had been previously tested and 868 (52.9%) returned for post-test follow-up. Factors associated with having a previous HIV test included attending the Kaiyuan study (aOR: 4.9, 95% CI: 2.3–10.1),≥ 9 years of schooling (aOR: 10.9, 95% CI: 2.6–45.5),< 5 clients in the recent week (aOR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.2–2.3), having a regular sexual partner (aOR: 1.9, 95% CI: 1.4–2.5), illegal drug use history (aOR: 2.2, 95% CI …
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