Willingness on acceptance of peer-referral strategies for promoting HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Shijiazhuang
10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200820-01081
- VernacularTitle:石家庄市男男性行为人群对同伴推动HIV检测策略的接受意愿分析
- Author:
Juan YANG
1
;
Yanchao QIU
;
Xiaosong LIU
;
Peilong LI
;
Liang LIANG
;
Fan LYU
Author Information
1. 中国疾病预防控制中心性病艾滋病预防控制中心，北京 102206
- Keywords:
HIV;
Testing;
Men who have sex with men;
Peer-referral
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2021;42(4):695-699
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the willingness to accept peer-referral strategies for promoting HIV testing and related factors in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Shijiazhuang.Methods:A total of 544 MSM were recruited using convenient sampling and sharing two-dimensional code of online questionnaire througth MSM social organizations in Shijiazhuang from August to September in 2018. The anonymous online survey were taken by login through the website "jinshuju.com" ( https://im.jinshuju.com/users/sign_in). The information collected included: the demographic and behavioral characteristics, the attitude to HIV testing for partners, and the willingness to accept peer-referral strategies for promoting HIV testing. The socio-demographic characteristics were analyzed by χ 2 test. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the related factors associated with willingness. The SAS 9.4 software was used for statistical analysis. Results:A total of 521 MSM completed the survey. Among them 59.50% (310/521) were willing to advise their partners to receive HIV testing, and 90.02% (469/521) were willing to accept the partners' advice of HIV testing. Higher HIV testing frequency for once a year (a OR=2.72,95% CI:1.42-5.20); for once a half year (a OR=5.72, 95% CI:2.97-11.02); for ≥1 time a quarter (a OR=8.76,95% CI:4.56-16.83), enquiring their partners' HIV status (a OR=1.94, 95% CI: 1.15-3.28) and STD history of their partners (a OR=1.83, 95% CI:1.06-3.14) before having sex were the factors positively associated with the willingness to advise partners to receive HIV testing. Discussing HIV testing with partners (a OR=4.43,95% CI:1.87-10.54) was the factor positively associated with the desire to accept the advice of HIV testing from partners, but feeling emotional hurt by the suggestion of HIV testing (a OR=0.35,95% CI:0.15-0.82) was the factor negatively associated with the willingness to accept the advice of HIV testing from partners. Conclusion:To improve the willingess of MSM to advise their partners to receive HIV testing and strengthen self-protection awareness and equal communication skills are essential for the success of peer-referral strategies for promoting HIV testing among MSM.
