title: HIV/AIDS-related stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes and recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Beijing.
abstract: This study assessed the correlates of recent HIV testing and HIV/AIDS-related stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing, China. A cross-sectional study probed demographics, sexual and drug use behaviors, HIV testing, and prevention services. Of 500 participants, 39.3% recently received a test for HIV. Recent testing was independently associated with expressing lower levels of HIV/AIDS-related stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes, more male sex partners, no female sexual partners and knowing HIV status of their last male partner. Expressing lower levels of HIV/AIDS-related stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes was independently associated with recent testing, younger age, and knowing HIV status of their last male partner. This study revealed that HIV/AIDS-related stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes were common and inversely associated with recent HIV testing. Low levels of testing highlighted the urgent needs to reduce HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination and expand HIV testing among MSM in Beijing.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yanming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, 94102, USA.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, 94102, USA.|Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA94105, USA.
authors.forename: Willi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiangping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: The School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yiming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN37232, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN37232, USA.|Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN37232, USA.
authors.forename: Sten H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Vermund
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.affiliation: Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN37232, USA.|Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN37232, USA.
authors.forename: Yujiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013240:Stereotyping; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult