title: [Correlates of and willingness to participate in HIV voluntary counseling and testing among migrants in a city of Shanxi province].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Jin-ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xue-wu
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Shi-xiong
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Mei-yang
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jian-guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qing-wu
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: 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