TY - JOUR
T1 - Student characteristics and substance use as predictors of self-reported HIV testing
T2 - the youth risk behavior survey (YRBS) 2013–2015
AU - Outlaw, Angulique Y.
AU - Turner, Blair
AU - Marro, Rachel
AU - Green-Jones, Monique
AU - Phillips, Gregory
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA: R01AA024409). We would like to thank the students who provided data for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Many adolescents and young adults (AYAs; ages 13–24) are unaware of their HIV status despite participating in behavior that places them at risk for contracting HIV. This study examined possible predictors of self-reported HIV testing for high school students (grades 9–12) who completed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Three sex-stratified, stepwise multivariable logistic models were used to estimate odds of having received a HIV test being associated with student characteristics and substance use. The likelihood of being tested for HIV was associated with students who were a racial/ethnic minority and age 18 and older. HIV testing was also associated with male students who reported same sex partners (males) or same sex partners (males) and different sex partners (females). Female students who reported same sex partners (females) and different sex partners (males) were more likely to have been tested for HIV. Male and female students were more likely to have been tested for HIV if they reported illicit drug and/or marijuana use, while prescription drug use was also associated with HIV testing for female students. Knowledge of the predictors of HIV testing for adolescents can guide efforts for the effective scale up of testing for this vulnerable population.
AB - Many adolescents and young adults (AYAs; ages 13–24) are unaware of their HIV status despite participating in behavior that places them at risk for contracting HIV. This study examined possible predictors of self-reported HIV testing for high school students (grades 9–12) who completed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Three sex-stratified, stepwise multivariable logistic models were used to estimate odds of having received a HIV test being associated with student characteristics and substance use. The likelihood of being tested for HIV was associated with students who were a racial/ethnic minority and age 18 and older. HIV testing was also associated with male students who reported same sex partners (males) or same sex partners (males) and different sex partners (females). Female students who reported same sex partners (females) and different sex partners (males) were more likely to have been tested for HIV. Male and female students were more likely to have been tested for HIV if they reported illicit drug and/or marijuana use, while prescription drug use was also associated with HIV testing for female students. Knowledge of the predictors of HIV testing for adolescents can guide efforts for the effective scale up of testing for this vulnerable population.
KW - Adolescents
KW - HIV testing
KW - sexual behavior
KW - students demographics
KW - substance use
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U2 - 10.1080/09540121.2021.1922576
DO - 10.1080/09540121.2021.1922576
M3 - Article
C2 - 33938333
AN - SCOPUS:85105312937
JO - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
JF - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
SN - 0954-0121
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