Document 0196
 DOCN  M9460196
 TI    Comparison of individuals receiving anonymous and confidential testing
       for HIV.
 DT    9404
 AU    Meyer PA; Jones JL; Garrison CZ; Dowda H; University of South Carolina
       School of Public Health, Department; of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
       Columbia 29208.
 SO    South Med J. 1994 Mar;87(3):344-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94182158
 AB    We assessed the magnitude, demographics, seroprevalence, and reasons for
       site selection among South Carolina residents who chose to be tested in
       bordering states offering anonymous testing for human immunodeficiency
       virus (HIV). Residents tested from July 1990 through July 1991 at
       selected HIV testing sites in bordering states were surveyed and HIV
       test results were recorded. Of the 75 residents tested at these sites,
       66 (88%) were white, 44 (59%) were male, and 9 (12.3%) of the 73 whose
       test results were recorded were HIV infected. During the same period,
       57,137 individuals were HIV tested in-state by the state health
       department, of which 1,752 (3.1%) were positive. Residents tested
       outside the state were more likely to be HIV infected, male, and white
       than individuals tested within the state. Our findings suggest that
       although large numbers of South Carolinians are not HIV tested
       anonymously in other states, those tested anonymously out of state have
       a different demographic and risk profile than those tested
       confidentially in state.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Comparative Study  *Confidentiality  Demography
       Female  Human  HIV Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  HIV
       Seropositivity/DIAGNOSIS  *HIV Seroprevalence  Male  Middle Age  South
       Carolina/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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