Prevalence and related factors of HIV testing among young students who ever had sexual experiences in Guangdong Prov-ince
Objective To understand the prevalence of HIV testing and related factors among young students who had sex in Guangdong Province,in order to provide evidence for relevant education programs and HIV testing promotion in young students.Methods From September to December 2022,a convenient sampling method was used to select 48 749 young students from 16 u-niversities and mechanic colleges in 6 cities including Guangzhou,Shantou,Maoming,Huizhou,Dongguan,and Zhongshan in Guangdong Province for online questionnaire survey.A total of 2 971 students who ever had sexual experiences were screened out,and the HIV testing situation and related factors were investigated by using the questionnaire designed by AIDS Prevention and Edu-cation Project for College Students of China STD and AIDS Prevention Association.The influencing factors of HIV testing were ana-lyzed using Chi-square test and multiple Logistic regression model.Results Among students who had sexual experiences,11.92％(354/2 971)were tested for HIV.The results of multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that among young sexual students,using psychoactive substances during sexual activity in the last 1 year(OR=7.70),having first sex with the same sex(OR=3.87),having commercial sex(OR=2.37),having heard of PEP(OR=2.20),having a high level of self-assessed understanding of HIV testing(OR=1.73),inconsistent use of condoms(OR=1.56),being aware of HIV infection(OR=1.53),being aware of HIV knowledge(OR=1.51)were more likely to test for HIV,and females(OR=0.39)were less likely to test for HIV(P＜0.05).Con-clusions The proportion of HIV testing is low among sexually active young students in Guangdong Province.Targeted interventions should be tailored to promote HIV testing coverage.
Sexual behaviorHuman immunodeficiency virus proteinsRegression analysisStudents
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