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Suboptimal HIV testing uptake among high-risk male sex workers in Asia

Suboptimal HIV testing uptake among high-risk male sex workers in Asia.

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Suboptimal HIV testing uptake among high-risk male sex workers in Asia

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  1. Suboptimal HIV testing uptake among high-risk male sex workers in Asia Harry Jin1, M. Reuel Friedman2, Sin How Lim3, Thomas E. Guadamuz4, Chongyi Wei5 1Center for Public Health Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, United States, 2University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Pittsburgh, United States, 3University of Malaya, Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4Mahidol University, Department of Society and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, NakornPathom, Thailand, 5University of California, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Francisco, United States

  2. Key Findings • 48.6% (N=279) of MSWs have been tested for HIV at least once within the past year, and 30.5% (N=175) have never been tested. • MSWs who did not use condoms with their most recent paying sex partners were significantly less likely to have been tested (AOR=0.30). • MSWs between the ages of 21 and 29 were more significantly likely to have been tested (AOR=6.50) than MSWs between the ages of 18 and 20.

  3. Important Implications • While one might expect high HIV testing rate among MSWs due to the nature of their profession, we found that HIV testing uptake is suboptimal among MSWs in Asia. • This analysis illustrates the need for reliable HIV prevention/testing promotion and the dissemination of sexual health and HIV/STI information among MSWs. • As MSWs are even more hard-to-reach, peer-driven and network-based strategies may be most effective in delivering HIV testing services to this population.

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