A Descriptive Analysis of Students Seeking HIV Antibody Testing at a University Health Service

Anastasi, Marie-Christine; Sawyer, Robin G.; Pinciaro, Paul J.

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“…Over 16 million of these people were women and about 1.4 million were children below the age of 15 years. Surveys conducted among university students in the United States and Tanzania showed that 59% and 55.9%, respectively, of students seeking voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) were women below the age of 25 years (Anastasi et al, 1999). The aim of VCT in pregnant women is to ensure that she does not become infected, or if she is already infected to institute intervention strategies to reduce the vertical transmission of the virus.…”

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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Maiduguri, Nigeria

Chama

Audu

Kyari

2004

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be transmitted vertically through the placenta in utero, during labour and delivery and through breast milk. In Nigeria, about 5.8% of women attending antenatal clinics were HIV infected as of December 2002. It was projected that by the end of the year 2002, there were about 849,000 orphans resulting from AIDS and about 755,000 established paediatric AIDS in this country. Interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV include voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), administration of antiretroviral drugs (ARV), modification of obstetric practices and infant feeding options in HIV infection. Over the period July 2002-June 2003, 262 pregnant women received VCT at the antenatal clinic of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and 207 (79%) agreed to be tested. Thirty-one (11.8%) were HIV positive. The majority of the HIV positive mothers received nevirapine in labour while 35% had combination ARV drugs in pregnancy. All the infants received nevirapine suspension within 72 hours of delivery. Expensive and slow testing facilities, insufficient and inconsistent counsellors, lack of ARV drugs for both mother and baby as well as unaffordable caesarean delivery were some of the constraints being faced at this centre. It is recommended that the governments at various levels should show more commitment to the programme of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Maiduguri, Nigeria

Chama

Audu

Kyari

2004

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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“…22 Anastasi and colleagues reinforced the importance of HIV testing on college campuses, with 73% of the individuals seeking voluntary testing stating they would not have sought an HIV test had it not been offered through the college health center. These findings have been found previously in a sample of college students, with students indicating they would be more likely to seek testing if available on campus.…”

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Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Associated Risk Factors in College Students

Dennison

Ickes

2014

Journal of American College Health

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Objective This study documents the prevalence of HIV testing in a sample of college students and examines associated demographic and behavioral characteristics. Participants College students ages 18 or older were randomly selected to participate in a health behavior survey at a southeastern university in September 2011. Methods Only sexually active students were included (n = 905). Relationships between demographic and sexual behavior characteristics were explored using logistic regression and classification regression tree (p≤0.05). Results Only 36.2% reported having been tested for HIV. Age was the most significant factor associated with testing. Factors associated with those least likely to be tested were race and anal sexual activity. Unsafe sexual behaviors were also associated with lower rates of HIV testing. Conclusions Findings support the need for targeted HIV interventions on college campuses. Such interventions need to be tailored for at-risk students and take into consideration factors likely to contribute to HIV testing.

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“…These finding raise concerns about the need to increase HIV=AIDS prevention efforts and to develop strategies for empowering women of all cultures to engage in safe sex practices. This study and previous research of HIV=AIDS knowledge among college students has consistently shown that knowledge alone does not predict safe sex practices (Anastasi et al, 1999;Bates & Joubert, 1993;CDC, 2004;Gupta & Weiss, 1993, Lewis & Malow, 1997Opt & Loffredo, 2004). Within the three countries studied here, HIV=AIDS awareness among female college students is not associated with safer sex practices.…”

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“…Research on HIV=AIDS knowledge among young people has consistently shown that knowledge alone does not predict safe sex practices (Anastasi, Sawyer, & Pinciaro, 1999;Bates & Joubert, 1993;CDC, 2008a;Gupta & Weiss, 1993, Lewis, Malow, & Ireland, 1997Opt & Loffredo, 2004). According to the gender and power theory (Connell, 1987;Wingood & DiClemente, 1996), women's risks of HIV infection are heavily influenced by socioeconomic factors, power imbalances within relationships, and gender-specific cultural norms.…”

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HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Sexual Activity, and Safer Sex Practices Among Female Students in Hong Kong, Australia, and the United States

Davis

Hughes

Sloan

et al. 2009

Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services

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Early in the epidemic, HIV infection and AIDS were rarely diagnosed in women. Today, the HIV=AIDS epidemic represents a growing and persistent health threat to women, especially young women. The purpose of the current study was to conduct an international study with female undergraduate college students to assess knowledge and attitudes about HIV=AIDS, current and future sexual behaviors, and condom use self-efficacy. Participants included several convenience samples of female undergraduate college students from three public universities in the southern region of the United States (n ¼ 112), a large public university in Australia (n ¼ 66), and a public university in Hong Kong (n ¼ 93). This research study utilizes a quantitative survey research design. Seventy-seven percent of American women and 66% of Australian women were sexually active compared with only 21% of Chinese women (v 2 ¼ 67.74, p < .001). Of the sexually

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A Descriptive Analysis of Students Seeking HIV Antibody Testing at a University Health Service

Cited by 25 publications

References 14 publications

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Maiduguri, Nigeria

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Maiduguri, Nigeria

Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Associated Risk Factors in College Students

HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Sexual Activity, and Safer Sex Practices Among Female Students in Hong Kong, Australia, and the United States

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