HIV Voluntary Testing among Portuguese Women Attending Family Planning Clinics
Implications for HIV Prevention Education and Testing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19543072 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleonora C V Costa (0000-0002-8586-7775, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, corresponding author), Rosa Oliveira (0000-0002-3456-0853, Decision Sciences (United States)), M Graça Pereira (0000-0001-7987-2562, University of Minho) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-27 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sexual Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1931-7611 • E-ISSN: 1931-762X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19317611.2015.1080779 |
| OpenAlex | W2272879306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 37 |
Objectives: The aim of this article is to analyze the factors associated with HIV testing among 767 sexually active women. Methods: Participants were administered several self-report questionnaires that assessed behavioral and psychosocial measures. Results: Overall, 59.8% of the participants reported ever having tested for HIV. Results show that higher levels of education, being pregnant or having been pregnant, concern about AIDS, AIDS knowledge, self-efficacy in condom negotiation and perception of no risk in partner significantly predicted the likelihood of testing among women. Attending the mass was negatively associated with HIV testing. Conclusions: These findings provide information that can be used in the development of a focused gender sensitive HIV prevention program to increase HIV testing
Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health services · Population · Portuguese · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Voluntary counseling and testing · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |