Anonymous or Confidential HIV Counseling and Voluntary Testing in Federally Funded Testing Sites--United States, 1995-1997
Article Abstract:
More and more people are being tested for HIV on a voluntary basis. Much of this testing occurs at federally funded sites, such as drug treatment clinics, sexually transmitted disease clinics, and community health centers. Testing is also done at hospitals and prisons. At some sites, the testing is anonymous, meaning people do not have to reveal their name. At other sites they give their name, but this information is kept confidential. Between 1995 and 1997, about 2.5 million tests were conducted each year. However, the number of anonymous tests dropped 27%. More women than men were tested, but more men had an anonymous test.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Effect of HIV Reporting by Name on Use of HIV Testing in Publicly Funded Counseling and Testing Programs
Article Abstract:
Confidential HIV testing does not appear to lead to reduced testing among people at risk for HIV. Confidential testing records the patient's name but does not report it to health care agencies. Researchers analyzed HIV testing rates in six states before and after confidential HIV testing was implemented. Many states experienced an increase in the number of people tested after confidential testing was introduced. Some states experienced a small decline in the number of people tested, but these decreases were not significant.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Homicide among young black males - United States, 1978-1987. Homicide Rates Among US Teenagers and Young Adults
- Abstracts: Technical guidance on HIV counseling. Update: HIV-2 infection among blood and plasma donors - United States, June 1992-June 1995
- Abstracts: Serum beta-carotene before and after beta-carotene supplementation. Zinc supplementation: effects on the growth and morbidity of undernourished Jamaican children
- Abstracts: Comparison of body composition methods: a literature analysis. Tetrapolar body impedance is influenced by body posture and plasma sodium concentration
- Abstracts: Q-wave vs non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: an oversimplified dichotomy. Living alone after myocardial infarction: impact on prognosis