HIV testing uptake and risk behaviours in Spain

Luis de La Fuente (1) , Monica Suarez (2) , Maria Jose Belza (1) , Fernando Vallejo (1) , Margarita Garcia (3) , Raquel Alvarez (3) , Jesus Castilla (4) , Anna Rodes (5) , The Health And Sexual Behaviour Survey Group . (1)

1 ISC - Instituto de Salud Carlos III [Madrid]
2 Secretaría del Plan Nacional sobre el Sida. Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Madrid.
3 Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Madrid.
4 Instituto de Salud Pública. Pamplona
5 Subdirecció General de Vigilància i Resposta a Emergències de Salut Públ

To estimate the prevalence of HIV testing in the general population; to analyse factors related to voluntary testing; and to describe the main reasons for testing, the kinds of health services where testing takes place, and the relations between self-risk perception and HIV testing.

Mots clés: HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV testing; Spain; epidemiology; population-based survey; sexual behaviour

Luis de La Fuente, Monica Suarez, Maria Jose Belza, Fernando Vallejo, Margarita Garcia, et al.. HIV testing uptake and risk behaviours in Spain. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009, 73 (6), pp.552-n/a. ⟨10.1136/jech.2008.076240⟩. ⟨hal-00477860⟩