Document 2255
 DOCN  M94A2255
 TI    Analysis of personal background of examinees of HIV antibody test at
       Municipal Health Centers in Yokohama city.
 DT    9412
 AU    Tsuchida K; Satomi M; Katsushima S; Tabata K; Tsukamoto M; Kohoku
       Newtown Health Service Center, Yokohama City, Japan.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):346 (abstract no. PC0320). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370320
 AB    OBJECTIVES: In Yokohama City, anonymous HIV antibody tests and
       counseling services at Municipal Health Centers have been available
       since 1987 free of charge since April 1993. To improve and promote our
       HIV prevention action, of which antibody testing is considered one of
       the most important anti-HIV measures, we made an survey on personal
       background of HIV test examinees. METHODS: During the period from April
       to December 1993, 3204 examinees took HIV antibody tests at 16 Municipal
       Health Centers in Yokohama City. Before testing, questionnaires were
       distributed to examinees, asking items on sex, age, date of last HIV
       antibody test, reason of taking HIV antibody test and need to pre-test
       counseling. RESULTS: Males occupied 66% of examinees. Age of 20's and
       30's were 74%. Those who had ever been tested HIV antibody were 18%. As
       for the reasons of taking HIV antibody tests, the sexual contact were
       64%, and the anxiety about infection from the spouse were 13%. Thirteen
       percent of examinees wanted to have pre-test counseling. The average
       interval from the last test was about 1 year. DISCUSSION AND
       CONCLUSIONS: By the end of 1993 the total number of examinees was 14860,
       which is only 0.63% of the population of the age group of 15 to 64 years
       in Yokohama City. Examinees who received repeated HIV tests were mostly
       young adults of 20's and 30's, and 75% of them had an anxiety about
       sexual transmission. These results suggest that more intensive and
       effective AIDS prevention education and counseling services should be
       carried out for the public, particularly for the young adults.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  AIDS Serodiagnosis/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Counseling  Female  *Health Education  Human  HIV
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seroprevalence/*TRENDS  Japan/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  Middle Age  Motivation  Risk Factors  Urban
       Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  MEETING ABSTRACT

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