[Willingness for HIV test and associated factors among 535 college students who had sex in Zhejiang province].

ABSTRACT

Objective: To understand the willingness of HIV test uptake and associated factors among sexual active college students. Methods: A cross-sectional study were conducted among college students from 11 cities in Zhejiang province, and those who had sexual behaviors were included in this study. Results: A total of 9 615 students completed the questionnaire, and 6.5% (619/9 468) of them had sexual behaviors. A total of 535 students were recruited in this study. And 77.2% of them were willing to receive HIV test. Hospitals and CDC were commonly accepted testing sites. Being sophomore and junior (aOR=2.618, 95%CI 1.511-4.536), being aware of rapid growing HIV epidemic among students who are men who have sex with men (MSM) (aOR=1.879, 95%CI 1.153-3.060) and being aware of HIV infection risk (aOR=1.701, 95% CI 1.041-2.780) were associated with HIV test willingness. Conclusions: Future effort should be made to increase the awareness of HIV infection, including the severity of AIDS epidemic in college students and infection source, in order to increase their willingness to receive HIV test. School-based HIV counsel and test sites should be set up to provide convenient and private HIV test service.