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Trends in HIV testing among homosexual and bisexual men in eastern Australian states

dc.contributor.author Prestage, Garrett en_US
dc.contributor.author Jin, F en_US
dc.contributor.author Zablotska, I en_US
dc.contributor.author Imrie, John en_US
dc.contributor.author Grulich, Andrew en_US
dc.contributor.author Pitts, M en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T15:10:49Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T15:10:49Z
dc.date.issued 2008 en_US
dc.description.abstract Objectives: We examined whether trends in HIV testing in community-based samples of homosexual men may account for the convergence in HIV notification rates in homosexual men across the eastern states of Australia. Methods: We examined data on self-reported HIV testing from annual cross-sectional, self-completed anonymous surveys of homosexual men conducted between 1998 and 2006 in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Men were recruited at gay community venues and events. Comparisons of HIV testing between the three cities and across time were carried out. We also compared reported rates of HIV testing across states in Private Lives, the 2005 online survey of health and wellbeing among non-heterosexual people. Results: Men recruited from clinics had a much higher prevalence of HIV testing and were excluded from further analyses. Among the 48 263 completed questionnaires obtained in non-clinic sites, there was a marked decline in the proportion of men who had never been tested for HIV in Sydney (from 8.1 to 5.1%, P trend < 0.001) and Brisbane (from 11.8 to 7.9%, P trend = 0.002) but no change in Melbourne. This proportion of men who had never been tested was lower in Sydney than in either Melbourne or Brisbane (P < 0.001). There were increases in the proportion of non-HIV-positive men who had been tested for HIV in the previous year across all three cities, although the proportion in Melbourne was lower than in the other two cities. Conclusion: These data suggest that changes in HIV testing rates among homosexual men are insufficient to account for the recent differences in trends in HIV notifications in eastern Australia. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1448-5028 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/44193
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other gay men en_US
dc.title Trends in HIV testing among homosexual and bisexual men in eastern Australian states en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.relation.faculty Medicine & Health
unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 2 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Sexual Health en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 119-123 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 5 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Prestage, Garrett, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Jin, F, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Zablotska, I en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Imrie, John, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Grulich, Andrew, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Pitts, M en_US
unsw.relation.school The Kirby Institute *
unsw.relation.school Centre for Social Research in Health *
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