Increasing awareness and prompting HIV testing: Contributions of Amsterdam HIV Testing Week 2016

C. den Daas; E. M. Meddens; J. E.A.M. van Bergen; G. J. de Bree; A. A. Hogewoning; K. Brinkman; J. B.F. de Wit

doi:10.1177/0956462418770014

Increasing awareness and prompting HIV testing: Contributions of Amsterdam HIV Testing Week 2016

C. den Daas^*
, E. M. Meddens
, J. E.A.M. van Bergen
, G. J. de Bree
, A. A. Hogewoning
, K. Brinkman
, J. B.F. de Wit

^*Corresponding author for this work

Chair de Wit

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Abstract

We evaluated Amsterdam HIV Testing Week (HTW) 2016 regarding its primary goals of raising awareness and prompting HIV testing. Participating services offered free, anonymous HIV testing, with a focus on reaching men who have sex with men (MSM) and people with a non-western migration background. Sociodemographic characteristics, HIV testing history, intention to test regularly, beliefs about personal risk and severity of HIV, and perceived social norms regarding HIV testing and people living with HIV were assessed among all who tested. A community quick scan assessed awareness of Amsterdam HTW 2016 and attitudes and intentions regarding HIV testing. Of 806 people tested, 59.6% (405/679) belonged to key populations. None tested HIV-positive and 37.6% intended to test regularly in the future. The community quick scan found moderate awareness of Amsterdam HTW 2016. Awareness was highest among recent testers and HIV-positive MSM and not associated with HIV testing attitudes and intentions. People tested during Amsterdam HTW 2016 were from key populations and/or were not (adequately) reached via traditional testing approaches. The contribution of the Amsterdam HTW approach to raising awareness and prompting HIV testing in key populations may benefit from focusing on HIV-negative individuals who have not been tested recently.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1057-1065
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of STD and AIDS
Volume	29
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462418770014
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2018

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1Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands 2Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands 3STI AIDS Netherlands, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 4Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 5Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 6Public Health Service of Amsterdam (GGD Amsterdam), Amsterdam, the Netherlands 7Department Internal Medicine, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The H-TEAM initiative is being supported by Aids Fonds (grant number: 2013169), Stichting AmsterdamDiner Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb International Corp. (study number: AI424-541), Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd (grant number: PA-HIV-PREP-16-0024), Gilead Sciences (protocol numbers: CO-NL-276-4222, CO-US-276-1712), Janssen Pharmaceutica (reference number: PHNL/JAN/ 0714/0005b/1912fde), M.A.C AIDS Fund, ViiV Healthcare (PO numbers: 3000268822, 3000747780), and ZonMw (grant number: 522002003).

Keywords

Diagnosis
Europe
HIV
homosexual
men

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