학술논문
HIV Counseling and Testing: Less Targeting, More Testing.
Document Type
Editorial
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Source
Subject
*HIV infections
*COUNSELING
*DIAGNOSIS
*UNSAFE sex
*CONDOM use
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ISSN
0090-0036
Abstract
The article comments on the importance of HIV counseling and testing. Each year, more than 1000 New York City residents are diagnosed with concurrent HIV and AIDS, and nationally 40% of new diagnoses are concurrent. A meta-analysis of 27 studies examining the effects of HIV counseling and testing on sexual risk behavior found that, following a counseling and testing event, persons who are HIV-positive and couples that are serodiscordant reduced unprotected intercourse and increased condom use more than did HIV-negative and untested participants.