Factors influencing the acceptability of HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling and testing: a quantitative study of 41 336 female university students in China
Haixu Liang
A , Kun Tang B I , Wenzhen Cao C , Yueping Guo D , Yang Jiao E , Wenyuan Zhu F , Yutong Wang G and Haibin Wang H I
A Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014040, China.
B Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
C Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
D Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing 102488, China.
E Chaoyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Beijing, Beijing 100020, China.
F Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
G Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China.
H Chaoyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Beijing, Beijing 100020, China.
I Corresponding authors. Emails: tangkun1215@163.com; wanghb811@163.com.
Sexual Health 18(1) 119-121 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20038
Submitted: 11 March 2020 Accepted: 14 October 2020 Published: 16 February 2021
Abstract
This study shows that there is a huge gap between young females’ willingness and practice of accepting voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). Only 2.16% (894/41 336) of the participants have had HIV/AIDS tests. The study identified age, education major, confidentiality, attitude, accuracy, self-assessment and expense as major factors associated with young female people’s acceptance of VCT in China. Therefore, in order to promote HIV VCT among young females, it is necessary for future programs to be sensitive to the targeted population’s needs.
Keywords: Asia, China, epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, HIV prevention, HIV testing, self-assessment, university students, voluntary counselling and testing.
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