Concerning: 'Refusal of HIV testing by high-risk individuals'

Development of a measure of barriers to HIV testing among individuals at high risk.

Rates of HIV antibody testing remain at approximately 45% of the general population. To more effectively design interventions to increase testing, comprehensive information is needed to understand the barriers to HIV testing. A measure of barriers to HIV testing was developed using the major barriers identified in the literature on barriers to health care utilization (Melnyk, 1988), and tested ...

Recent Perspectives Concerning School Refusal Behavior

HIV testing week 2015: lowering barriers for HIV testing among high-risk groups in Amsterdam

BACKGROUND Evaluation of the HIV Testing Week (HTW) 2015 in Amsterdam: the number of (positive) tested persons, characteristics and testing history of the tested population, the differences in attendance per location and the healthcare workers' experiences and opinions concerning the HTW. METHODS The HTW took place from 28 November till 4 December 2015. Anonymous HIV rapid testing (INSTI™ HIV...

Issues concerning feedback about genetic testing and risk of depression.

BACKGROUND Recent studies show that adverse life events have a significantly greater impact on depression onset for those with the s/s allele of the genotype for the 5-HT gene-linked promoter region. Research in genes related to risk of depression leads to the question of how this information is received by individuals. AIMS To investigate factors related to the response to receiving one's ow...

Criminal law and HIV testing: empirical analysis of how at-risk individuals respond to the law.

This Note assesses the effect of laws that specifically criminalize behaviors that expose others to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This Note examines the relationship between HIV testing decisions by high-risk individuals and the existence of these HIV-specific statutes, as well as the amount of media coverage related to them. One of the main reasons public health experts criticize cri...