title: School-Based HIV/STD Testing Behaviors and Motivations Among Black and Hispanic Teen MSM: Results From a Formative Evaluation.
abstract: This evaluation explores experiences with, and motivations for, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing among black and Hispanic school-aged young men who have sex with men (YMSM).
  
  
  
  Participants were recruited at community-based organizations that serve YMSM in New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Eligible participants were 13- to 19-year-old black or Hispanic males who reported attraction to or sexual behavior with other males and/or identified as gay or bisexual, and attended at least 90 days of school in the previous 18 months. Participants (N = 415) completed web-based questionnaires and/or in-depth interviews (N = 32).
  
  
  
  In the past year, 72.0% of questionnaire participants had been tested for HIV, 13.5% of them at school or school clinic. Participants reported that they would be more likely to get an HIV test if they could be tested close to or at school (34.4%), and 64.4% would use HIV testing if offered in schools. Most interview participants reported willingness to use school-based services if they were offered nonjudgmentally, privately, and confidentially by providers with experience serving YMSM.
  
  
  
  Schools can provide opportunities to make HIV and STD testing accessible to school-aged YMSM, but the services must be provided in ways that are comfortable to them.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-75, Atlanta, GA 30329.
authors.forename: Elana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.affiliation: ICF International, 3 Corporate Square, Suite 370, Atlanta, GA 30329.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Topete
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-75, Atlanta, GA 30329.
authors.forename: Catherine N
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8256-6961
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Rasberry
authors.affiliation: ICF International, 3 Corporate Square, Suite 370, Atlanta, GA 30329.
authors.forename: Catherine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lesesne
authors.affiliation: ICF International, 710 Second Avenue, Suite 550, Seattle, WA 98104.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kroupa
authors.affiliation: ICF International, 3 Corporate Square, Suite 370, Atlanta, GA 30329.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012572:School Health Services; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV prevention; HIV testing; STD testing; adolescent health; school health; services; young men who have sex with men