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HIV TESTING AMONG MEN IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL
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Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Institute of Communication and Information Science and Technology in Health. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Institute of Communication and Information Science and Technology in Health. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Global HIV & TB. Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Ministry of Health. Department of STD, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis. Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Global HIV & TB. Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Institute of Communication and Information Science and Technology in Health. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Global HIV & TB. Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Ministry of Health. Department of STD, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis. Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Global HIV & TB. Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Abstract
In 2015, a community-wide intervention was launched in the city of Curitiba to evaluate the
uptake of multiple HIV testing. A three-stage cluster sampling of 4800 men aged 15–64 years was
selected in Curitiba. Logistic regression models were used to establish driving factors of HIV
testing over the past 12 months.
In the total sample, 49.5% have tested for HIV once in lifetime and 18.7% in the last 12 months.
Among MSM, the proportions were much higher: 75.9% and 47.8% respectively. In the
multivariate analysis, a significantly higher likelihood of HIV testing was found for young men
(15–24 years), men with better educational level, those with more than 6 casual partners, and
MSM compared to heterosexual men. The results indicate that the intervention to increase HIV
diagnosis has substantially expanded MSM access to HIV testing
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