Predictors of prior HIV testing and acceptance of a community-based HIV test offer among male bar patrons in northern Tanzania.
In: PLOS Global Public Health, Jg. 4 (2024), Heft 2, S. e0002946
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Community-based HIV testing offers an alternative approach to encourage HIV testing among men in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we evaluated a community-based HIV testing strategy targeting male bar patrons in northern Tanzania to assess factors predictive of prior HIV testing and factors predictive of accepting a real-time HIV test offer. Participants completed a detailed survey and were offered HIV testing upon survey completion. Poisson regression was used to identify prevalence ratios for the association between potential predictors and prior HIV testing or real-time testing uptake. Of 359 participants analyzed, the median age was 41 (range 19-82) years, 257 (71.6%) reported a previous HIV test, and 321 (89.4%) accepted the real-time testing offer. Factors associated with previous testing for HIV (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR], 95% CI) were wealth scores in the upper-middle quartile (1.25, 1.03-1.52) or upper quartile (1.35, 1.12-1.62) and HIV knowledge (1.04, 1.01-1.07). Factors that predicted real-time testing uptake were lower scores on the Gender-Equitable Men scale (0.99, 0.98-0.99), never testing for HIV (1.16, 1.03-1.31), and testing for HIV > 12 months prior (1.18, 1.06-1.31). We show that individual-level factors that influence the testing-seeking behaviors of men are not likely to impact their acceptance of an HIV offer.
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Predictors of prior HIV testing and acceptance of a community-based HIV test offer among male bar patrons in northern Tanzania.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Deng B Madut ; Manavalan, Preeti ; Mtalo, Antipas ; Peter, Timothy ; Ostermann, Jan ; Njau, Bernard ; Nathan M Thielman |
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Zeitschrift: | PLOS Global Public Health, Jg. 4 (2024), Heft 2, S. e0002946 |
Veröffentlichung: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 2767-3375 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002946&type=printable |
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