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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 2/2018

01-02-2018 | Original Paper

Actual Versus Perceived HIV Testing Norms, and Personal HIV Testing Uptake: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study in Rural Uganda

Authors: Jessica M. Perkins, Viola N. Nyakato, Bernard Kakuhikire, Pamela K. Mbabazi, H. Wesley Perkins, Alexander C. Tsai, S. V. Subramanian, Nicholas A. Christakis, David R. Bangsberg

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 2/2018

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Abstract

HIV testing is an essential part of treatment and prevention. Using population-based data from 1664 adults across eight villages in rural Uganda, we assessed individuals’ perception of the norm for HIV testing uptake in their village and compared it to the actual uptake norm. In addition, we examined how perception of the norm was associated with personal testing while adjusting for other factors. Although the majority of people had been tested for HIV across all villages, slightly more than half of men and women erroneously thought that the majority in their village had never been tested. They underestimated the prevalence of HIV testing uptake by 42 percentage points (s.d. = 17 percentage points), on average. Among men, perceiving that HIV testing was not normative was associated with never testing for HIV (AOR = 2.6; 95% CI 1.7–4.0, p < 0.001). Results suggest an opportunity for interventions to emphasize the commonness of HIV testing uptake.
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Metadata
Title
Actual Versus Perceived HIV Testing Norms, and Personal HIV Testing Uptake: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study in Rural Uganda
Authors
Jessica M. Perkins
Viola N. Nyakato
Bernard Kakuhikire
Pamela K. Mbabazi
H. Wesley Perkins
Alexander C. Tsai
S. V. Subramanian
Nicholas A. Christakis
David R. Bangsberg
Publication date
01-02-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1691-z

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