HIV Risk Among a Sample of Mexican and Puerto Rican Men and Women

Loue, Sana; Cooper, Marlene; Fiedler, Jay

doi:10.1353/hpu.2010.0680

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“…Unfamiliarity with English or other language barrier is a formidable obstacle to seeking health care in the US and can limit meaningful interactions with English-speaking providers and prevent the acquisition of information that is necessary to maintain good health (Lopez-Quintero et al, 2005;Loue, Cooper, & Fiedler, 2003). This finding is consistent with a study in northern California in which Latinos who chose to be interviewed in Spanish were less likely to have ever been tested for HIV (Levy et al, 2005).…”

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Factors associated with late HIV testing for Latinos diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles

2009

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Latinos are more likely to test late for HIV infection compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. A population-based interview study was used to examine factors associated with late HIV testing for Latinos diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles County (LAC) to develop more effective HIV testing outreach strategies. Latinos testing for HIV within one year of an AIDS diagnosis were considered as late testers, while those diagnosed with AIDS more than one year after an HIV diagnosis were defined as non-late testers. After adjusting for age, education, country of birth, and injection drug use in a logistic regression analysis, completion of the interview in Spanish was the main factor associated with late testing (adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) = 2.9, 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs): 1.4, 6.0). Latinos testing late for HIV were also more likely to test due to illness (p<0.0001) and less likely to test as part of a clinical screening (p<0.0001). Late testers were more likely to receive their first positive HIV test as a hospital inpatient (p<0.0001) and less likely to test positive at a community health center or public clinic (p=0.05). To accomplish widespread and timely HIV testing for Latinos in LAC, Spanish-language social marketing campaigns are needed and Spanish-speaking patients should be offered HIV testing in all clinical settings.

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Factors associated with late HIV testing for Latinos diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles

2009

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“…These figures are even more concerning given the high proportion of participants (44%) who were recent immigrants to the United States, especially since studies of other populations indicate that risk behaviors increase as the number of years residing in this country increases. 34 These findings underscore the need for targeted prevention interventions for this population. In multivariate analyses, higher-social-isolation scores, more sex partners, and having had unprotected receptive anal sex were significantly associated with clubdrug use.…”

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Surfing New Territory: Club-Drug Use and Risky Sex Among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men Recruited on the Internet

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Perrino

Collazo

et al. 2005

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“…Despite nurses' demands for clinical practice tools based on sound evidence, many HIV knowledge measures are not published in sufficient detail to assess psychometric soundness. In addition, current HIV knowledge measures lack gender or age specificity, both in design and testing, despite documented need (Carey & Schroder, 2002;Loue, Cooper, & Fielder, 2003;Seha, Klepp, & Ndeki, 1995;Xinying, Wenbin, & Chun, 2004). The importance of HIV knowledge assessment for prevention research and practice, the lack of adequate measurement tools, and the increasing incidence of HIV among adolescent girls underscore the need for an HIV knowledge measure that is psychometrically sound, specific to female adolescents, and accessible to clinicians and researchers.…”

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Adaptation and Refinement of the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire for Use With Adolescent Girls

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Nelson²,

Kraus³

et al. 2007

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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The number of adolescent girls becoming infected with HIV has dramatically escalated to the point where they now represent one of the groups most at risk for this infection. As a component of addressing this pandemic, there is a need for psychometrically sound, tailored measures to assess an adolescent girl's level of knowledge regarding transmission and prevention of HIV. The purpose of this research was to modify an existing HIV knowledge measure used in the general adult population (brief HIV Knowledge Questionnaire [HIV-KQ]) and increase its utility by making it developmentally-and gender-specific for adolescent girls. The revised version with additional items underwent item and scale analysis to confirm psychometric properties with a sample of 62 adolescent girls. HIV-related knowledge is assessed extensively in clinical practice and educational settings and is an important component for monitoring change in successful HIV risk-reduction interventions. The final HIV-KQ for adolescent girls is a practical, specific, and appropriate instrument for use with adolescent girls in these settings.

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HIV Risk Among a Sample of Mexican and Puerto Rican Men and Women

Cited by 21 publications

References 32 publications

Factors associated with late HIV testing for Latinos diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles

Factors associated with late HIV testing for Latinos diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles

Surfing New Territory: Club-Drug Use and Risky Sex Among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men Recruited on the Internet

Adaptation and Refinement of the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire for Use With Adolescent Girls

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