title: Factors associated with recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men in New York City.
abstract: Understanding factors associated with recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) is important for designing interventions to increase testing rates and link cases to care. A cross-sectional study of MSM was conducted in NYC in 2011 using venue-based sampling. Associations between HIV testing in the past 12 months and relevant variables were examined through the estimation of prevalence ratios (PR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI). Of 448 participants, 107 (23.9 %) had not been tested in the past 12 months. Factors independently associated with not testing in the previous 12 months were: lack of a visit to a healthcare provider in the past 12 months (aPR: 2.5; 95 % CI: 1.9, 3.2); age ≥30 (adjusted PR: 1.9; 95 % CI: 1.4, 2.7); not having completed a bachelor's degree (aPR: 1.6; 95 % CI: 1.0, 2.4); and non-gay sexual identity (aPR: 1.4; 95 % CI: 1.0, 1.8); such MSM may be less aware of the need for frequent HIV testing.
authors.affiliation: HIV Epidemiology Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA, kreilly3@health.nyc.gov.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neaigus
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jenness
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wendel
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult