Correlates of and willingness to participate in HIV voluntary counseling and testing among migrants in a city of Shanxi province.
- Author:
Jin-ling ZHANG
1
;
Na HE
;
Xue-wu SHEN
;
Shi-xiong QIN
;
Mei-yang GAO
;
Jian-guo WEI
;
Qing-wu JIANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: China; Counseling; utilization; Emigrants and Immigrants; HIV Infections; diagnosis; Health Education; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Patient Participation
- From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2007;28(4):350-353
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo determine the correlates of and willingness to participate(WTP) in HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) among migrants in Shanxi province.
METHODSThrough quota sampling, a total of 1280 migrants were recruited from 6 different venues where migrants were most likely employed to administer a face-to-face anonymous interview.
RESULTSKnowledge of VCT among migrants was low. Only 56.6% of migrants had heard of HIV voluntary counseling and testing. 64.5% reported willingness to accept VCT after participants were informed that HIV counseling and testing was offered free of charge Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (48.7%), hospital (27.0%) and home (18.5%) were most preferred places for VCT service. Logistic regression analysis indicated that the willingness was associated with having a history of HIV test, having better knowledge of HIV, no discrimination against people with HIV, and high HIV/AIDS perception.
CONCLUSIONCommunity-based health education programs for improving HIV/AIDS knowledge, promoting acceptance of VCT and eliminating discrimination to HIV-infected persons were called for.
