Document 0146
 DOCN  M9490146
 TI    Characteristics of individuals using different HIV/AIDS counseling and
       testing programs.
 DT    9411
 AU    Hong BA; Berger SG; AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, Washington University
       School of; Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
 SO    AIDS. 1994 Feb;8(2):259-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94318211
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To describe clinically important differences in the
       characteristics of subjects using three distinct HIV counseling and
       testing settings: scheduled confidential, scheduled anonymous, and
       confidential walk-in. DESIGN: An HIV risk-assessment questionnaire was
       given to individuals prior to receiving HIV-antibody testing and
       counseling. METHODS: Demographic and behavioral data was analyzed for
       each of the three counseling and testing settings. RESULTS: Walk-in
       clinic subjects reported fewer high-risk sexual activities and other
       risk behaviors than subjects from the other two testing settings. They
       also included more individuals who were health-care workers and victims
       of sexual assault. CONCLUSIONS: The three distinct HIV counseling and
       testing settings each attracted populations with varying degrees of
       potential for HIV transmission. The results emphasize the importance of
       maintaining multiple approaches to HIV counseling and testing in order
       to reach increasingly diverse at-risk populations.
 DE    Adult  Ambulatory Care/CLASSIFICATION/ORGANIZATION & ADMIN/*UTILIZATION
       Appointments and Schedules  Attitude to Health  AIDS
       Serodiagnosis/*UTILIZATION  Blood Transfusion/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Comorbidity  Confidentiality  Ethnic Groups  Female
       Hemophilia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Male
       Missouri/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Needle Sharing  *Patient Acceptance of Health
       Care  Prospective Studies  Prostitution/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Rape/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Risk Factors  Self Disclosure  Sex
       Behavior/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Substance Dependence/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  Urban Population  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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