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- Title
HIV Testing Behaviors Among Undocumented Central American Immigrant Women in Houston, Texas.
- Authors
Montealegre, Jane; Risser, Jan; Selwyn, Beatrice; Sabin, Keith; McCurdy, Sheryl
- Abstract
This paper describes HIV testing behaviors among undocumented Central American immigrant women living in Houston, Texas, USA. Respondent driven sampling was used to recruit participants for an HIV behavioral survey. HIV testing items included lifetime history of testing, date and location of the most recent test, and reason for testing. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the demographic, behavioral, and structural characteristics associated with testing. The lifetime prevalence of HIV testing was 67%. Half of those who tested did so within the past 2 years and almost 80% received their most recent test in a healthcare setting. The primary reason for testing was pregnancy. Lifetime testing was associated with being from Honduras, having over a sixth grade education, having a regular healthcare provider, and having knowledge of available healthcare resources. Our results suggest that expanding access to healthcare services may increase the prevalence of HIV testing in this population.
- Subjects
CENTRAL America; TEXAS; HIV infection risk factors; SERODIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY of the sick; DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections; UNDOCUMENTED immigrants; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; HISPANIC Americans; MULTIVARIATE analysis; RESEARCH funding; SELF-evaluation; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; MULTIPLE regression analysis; HEALTH equity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2012, Vol 14, Issue 1, p116
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-011-9534-x