Low impact of a community-wide HIV testing and counseling program on sexual behavior in rural Uganda

Study results on the assessment of a community-wide HIV counseling and testing program are presented. The aim of this study was to elucidate whether HIV counseling and testing was effective in reducing high risk sexual behavior of a rural population in Uganda. From a total of 2,267 persons of Kigoye...

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Published in:AIDS education and prevention 2001-06, Vol.13 (3), p.279-289
Main Authors: KIPP, Walter, KABAGAMBE, Geoffrey, KONDE-LULE, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Adolescent
Adult
AIDS/HIV
Behavior Change
Biological and medical sciences
Chi-Square Distribution
Community Relations
Condoms - utilization
Counseling
Counseling Services
Counselors
Developed Nations
Developing countries
Disease Control
Female
Females
Gender Discrimination
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV Seropositivity
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Individual Counseling
Individual Needs
Infectious diseases
Interpersonal Relationship
Interviews as Topic
LDCs
Male
Medical Evaluation
Medical sciences
Meta Analysis
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis
Risk taking
Rural areas
Rural Population
Rural populations
Sampling
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners
Sexuality
Sexually transmitted diseases
Spouses
STD
Testing Programs
Tests
Tropical medicine
Uganda
Violence
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:Study results on the assessment of a community-wide HIV counseling and testing program are presented. The aim of this study was to elucidate whether HIV counseling and testing was effective in reducing high risk sexual behavior of a rural population in Uganda. From a total of 2,267 persons of Kigoyera Parish, western Uganda, who were HIV tested and counseled, 495 persons were selected and interviewed about their sexual behavior. Persons who were HIV tested showed no difference in sexual behavior compared to those who were not tested (condom use 4.3% vs. 5.5%, mean number of sexual partner in the past three months 1.8 vs. 2.0). The conclusion is that only knowing the HIV serostatus is not enough to reduce high risk behavior. The study results also showed that there is a demand for HIV counseling services without being HIV tested.
ISSN:0899-9546
1943-2755
DOI:10.1521/aeap.13.3.279.19743