Social issues surrounding HIV testing: provisional data from the 1990 national health interview survey.
Int Conf AIDS 1990 Jun 20-23; 6:334 (abstract no. Th.D.834) Dawson DA, Hardy AM, Thornberry OT; US National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
Since August 1987, the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics has included questions on AIDS knowledge and attitudes in the National Health Interview Survey. In 1990, the questionnaire was revised to focus more heavily on issues of HIV testing. This session will present provisional data from the first quarter of 1990 on 2 important social issues surrounding HIV testing: (1) mandatory testing required for employment and/or insurance, and (2) blood donation for purposes of HIV testing. The prevalence of these practices will be estimated for the nation as a whole, compared within population subgroups, and compared for AIDS epicenters and other areas of the United States. Characteristics of blood donors who report donating blood at least in part to be tested for HIV will be contrasted with those of other donors. The session will include the most recent estimates of the percent of the population ever tested and the number of tests overall and in the last 12 months. Satisfaction with confidentiality and reporting of test results will be evaluated with respect to test site and whether the test was voluntary or required.
Keywords: AEGIS, Interviews, Health Surveys, Data Collection, Mass Screening, AIDS Serodiagnosis, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, HIV Seroprevalence, HIV Antibodies, Blood Donors, Mandatory Testing, Laboratory Techniques and Procedures, Questionnaires, United States, ICA6
