[Correlates of and willingness to participate in HIV voluntary counseling and testing among migrants in a city of Shanxi province].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the correlates of and willingness to participate(WTP) in HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) among migrants in Shanxi province.


METHODS
Through 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.


RESULTS
Knowledge 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.


CONCLUSIONS
Community-based health education programs for improving HIV/AIDS knowledge, promoting acceptance of VCT and eliminating discrimination to HIV-infected persons were called for.
Zhang
Jin-ling
JL
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
He
Na
N
Shen
Xue-wu
XW
Qin
Shi-xiong
SX
Gao
Mei-yang
MY
Wei
Jian-guo
JG
Jiang
Qing-wu
QW
D002681:China; D003376:Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation