title: Brief Report: Relationship and Demographic Factors Associated With Willingness to Use an In-Home Rapid HIV Test to Screen Potential Sex Partners Among a US Sample of HIV-Negative and HIV-Discordant Male Couples.
abstract: With dyadic data from a US Internet sample of 275 HIV-negative and 58 discordant male couples, we assessed HIV-negative partnered men's attitudes toward using an in-home rapid HIV test (HT) to screen potential new sex partners and associated factors by multivariate multilevel modeling. HIV-negative partnered men were "likely" to use an HT for screening purposes. More positive attitudes were associated with being in a mixed/nonwhite relationship; having an open sexual agreement. Less positive attitudes were associated with both partners being well educated. These findings may highlight how to make the most of HTs as risk-reduction screening tool among at-risk male couples.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; and †Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Jason W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult