Prevalence of self-reported human immunodeficiency virus testing among a population-based sample of urban African-American adolescents.
We explored the prevalence of gender differences in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among a household sample of sexually active African-American adolescents. Females disproportionately self-report being tested for HIV more than males. This difference was not explained by age or receipt of services for sexually transmitted infection but was partially attributable to history of pregnancy.
Arrington-Sanders
Renata
R
Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. rarring3@jhmi.edu
Ellen
Jonathan
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012495:San Francisco; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population