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| Title |
The prevalence of and factors associated with willingness to utilize HTC service among college students in China
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-018-5953-0 |
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| Authors |
Guochen Fu, Yulin Shi, Yongfu Yan, Yajie Li, Jing Han, Guosheng Li, Ruyi Lin, Yuning Wang, Zihan Fu, Qingxin Gong, Yuhang Gan, Jiaxing Wei, Junfang Wang |
| Abstract |
College students in China are emerging as one of the most vulnerable groups to contract HIV, because they are in a sexually active age group and also because of their open attitude toward sex and high risk sexual behaviors. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of willingness among college students to utilize HIV testing and counseling (HTC) service and the factors that may affect willingness, including predisposing, enabling and need factors, based on the Andersen's behavioral model. A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 6, 2016 to December 31, 2016 in Hubei University of Science and Technology in China. After signing informed consent, college students completed a self-designed online questionnaire distributed via https://www.wjx.cn/ voluntarily, anonymously and confidentially. Pearson's chi-square test and Logistic regression models were chosen to analyze the factors associated with willingness to utilize HTC service. Out of 3314 college students in the sample, 2583 (77.9%) expressed their willingness to utilize HTC service. After adjustment, those with low levels of discrimination towards people living with HIV (PLHIV) (OR = 1.41, 95%CI:1.17-1.68), being more knowledgeable about free HTC service centers (OR = 1.44, 95%CI:1.17-1.77), having recognized the necessity to provide HTC service in the local university (OR = 2.20, 95%CI:1.73-2.80), and having a higher HIV risk perception (OR = 1.64, 95%CI:1.37-1.95) were more willing to utilize HTC service, compared with their respective counterparts. In order to improve their willingness to utilize HTC service and finally to achieve the goal of zero-AIDS, a comprehensive intervention measure should be taken to publicize HTC service, eliminate stigma and discrimination against PLHIV, recruit and train peer volunteers to serve in the local university, and increase self-perceived risk of HIV infection. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 106 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 106 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 14% |
| Researcher | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 14% |
| Unknown | 39 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 8% |
| Psychology | 9 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 10% |
| Unknown | 43 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. 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 23 August 2018.
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#5,832,182
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#5,830
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#100,772
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#146
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