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| Title |
Prevalence and correlates of HIV testing among adolescents 10–19 years in a post-conflict pastoralist community of Karamoja region, Uganda
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-018-5544-0 |
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| Authors |
Rogers N. Ssebunya, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Leticia Namale, Heather Lukolyo, Grace P. Kisitu, Patricia Nahirya-Ntege, Adeodata Kekitiinwa |
| Abstract |
Adolescents are a priority group in HIV prevention and treatment. This study sought to determine the prevalence and correlates of HIV testing services (HTS) among adolescents in the pastoralist post-conflict area of Karamoja sub region, Uganda. A cross sectional study of 1439 adolescents aged 10-19 years, attending nine public health facilities in five of the seven districts of Karamoja, was conducted between August to September 2016. Adolescents were consecutively selected and interviewed using structured interviewer administered questionnaires. All respondents who had never tested for HIV were offered HTS. The main outcome was ever tested for HIV. Correlates of ever tested were analysed using multivariate logistic regression model. Of the 1439 adolescents, 904 (62.8%) were females, 1203 (83.6%) were aged 15-19 years, 618 (43.0%) had attained primary education and 885 (61.5%) had ever had sex. Overall 1177 (81.8%) had ever tested and received HIV results. Older age (15-19 years) (adj.OR = 2.71, 95% CI: 1.85-3.96), secondary level education or higher (adj.OR = 2.33, 95% CI: 1.33-4.10), and ever had sex (adj.OR = 2.03, 95% CI: 1.42-2.90) were associated with higher odds of HIV testing. Of the 262 who had never tested, 169 (64.5%) accepted testing and 2.4% were HIV positive. Reasons for not accepting the test included fear of being tested and not ready for an HIV test because of perceived suffering HIV positive clients go through. Awareness of HIV status and uptake of HTS among adolescents in this hard-to-reach post-conflict region was high and close to the global UNAIDS target of 90%. However, the HIV prevalence of 2.4% among the non-testers who accepted to be tested was high and emphasises the need for targeted testing to reach the undiagnosed HIV infected adolescents in this region. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 125 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 29 | 23% |
| Lecturer | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 8% |
| Researcher | 8 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 19% |
| Unknown | 36 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 11% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 16 | 13% |
| Unknown | 40 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 June 2018.
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#4,127,411
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#4,590
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#80,329
of 326,024 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#151
of 314 outputs
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