title: [Study on the change of unsafe sexual behaviors and its determinants in HIV-positive persons after being notified as HIV seropositive].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the change of unsafe sexual behaviors and its determinants in HIV-positive persons after being notified as HIV seropositive.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaires were employed in HIV-positive persons whose testing results being notified over 1 year in Changsha and Hengyang between March 2013 and July 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Interview was carried out on 268 HIV-positive persons who reported having considerable variability in unsafe sexual behaviors. The incidence of unsafe sexual behaviors declined from 98.8% to 12.7% after being notified as HIV seropositive. Risk factors related to unsafe sexual behaviors after the notification would include gender (men OR = 0.443, 95% CI: 0.209-0.937) and living with sexual partner (OR = 2.549, 95% CI: 1.053-6.174).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Notification regarding one's HIV seropositivity could considerably reduce the incidence of unsafe sexual behaviors in HIV-positive persons, however, women and those who were living with sexual partners seemed likely to keep practicing unsafe sexual behavior, thereafter.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China; Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China; Hunan Provincial Health Propaganda Education and Information Center.
authors.forename: Yanhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Yugang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China; Email: tanhz99@qq.com.
authors.forename: Hongzhuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology*