HIV-Related Risk Behaviors, Perceptions of Risk, HIV Testing, and Exposure to Prevention Messages and Methods among Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives

Autor/inn/en	Lapidus, Jodi A.; Bertolli, Jeanne; McGowan, Karen; Sullivan, Patrick
Titel	HIV-Related Risk Behaviors, Perceptions of Risk, HIV Testing, and Exposure to Prevention Messages and Methods among Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives
Quelle	In: AIDS Education and Prevention, 18 (2006) 6, S.546-559 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-9546
DOI	10.1521/aeap.2006.18.6.546
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Homeless People; Prevention; Urban American Indians; Alaska Natives; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Communicable Diseases; At Risk Persons; Health Behavior; Attitude Measures; Screening Tests; Gender Differences; Income; Socioeconomic Influences; Public Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Inuit; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Risikogruppe; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Screening-Verfahren; Geschlechterkonflikt; Einkommen; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	The goal of this study was to describe HIV risk behaviors, perceptions, testing, and prevention exposure among urban American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Interviewers administered a questionnaire to participants recruited through anonymous peer-referral sampling. Chi-square tests and multiple logistic regression were used to compare HIV testing by perception of risk and risk behavior status. Of 218 respondents with seronegative or unknown HIV status, 156 (72%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 66-78%) reported some HIV risk behavior: 57 (26%, 95% CI: 20-32%) high-risk behavior, and 99 (45%, 95% CI: 39-52%), potentially high-risk. Among respondents reporting high-risk behavior, 44% rated themselves at no or low risk for HIV infection. Overall, 180 respondents (83%, 95% CI: 78-88%) had ever received an HIV test, 79 (36%, 95% CI: 31-57%) in the past year. HIV risk behaviors and perception of risk were independently associated with recent HIV testing after adjustment for gender, income, and homelessness (odds ratio [OR] = 3.6; 95% CI: 1.5-9.0 for high-risk behavior vs. no reported risk behavior, and OR: 3.2; 95% CI: 1.3-7.6, for high vs. no perceived risk). Addressing inaccurate perception of risk may be a key to improving uptake of HIV testing among high-risk urban AI/AN. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10