Correlates of prior HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Cameroon: a cross-sectional analysis

BMC Public Health

Stefan Baral⁸  Sosthenes Charles Ketende⁸  Matthew LeBreton⁶  Jules Eloundou³  Valentin Mondoleba⁵  Yves Roger Yomb⁷  Isaac Macauley⁴  Laure Moukam¹  Ashley Grosso⁸  Sethson Kassegne²  Jean Bosco Elat⁵  Serge Clotaire Billong⁵  Erin Papworth⁸  Ju Nyeong Park⁸ 

[1] Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS), Yaoundé, Cameroon;West and Central Africa region, Population Services International, Cotonou, Bénin;Humanity First, Yaoundé, Cameroon;CARE International Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon;Comité national de lutte contre le sida (CNLS), Ministère de la Sante Publique (MINSANTE), Yaoundé, Cameroon;Mosaic/Global Viral Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon;Alternatives-Cameroun, Douala, Cameroon;Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

关键词: Health behaviors;    Risk factors;    Prevention;    Homosexuality;    Respondent-driven sampling (RDS);    Africa;    Epidemiology;    Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT);    HIV testing;    HIV/AIDS;    Men who have sex with men (MSM);   

Others  :  1122893
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-1220

 received in 2014-06-12, accepted in 2014-11-10,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Regular HIV testing is vital for timely linkage to the HIV care continuum and ensuring the success of behavioral and biomedical interventions to prevent HIV acquisition. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a key population for HIV prevention, treatment, and care efforts globally. This study measures the factors associated with prior HIV testing among MSM in Cameroon.

Methods

In 2011, 272 and 239 MSM aged ≥ 18 were recruited from Douala and Yaoundé respectively using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) for a cross-sectional surveillance study. Participants completed a structured socio-behavioral survey and were offered HIV and syphilis testing and counseling.

Results

The majority of men self-reported ever testing for HIV (81.6%; 413/506) and receiving their last HIV test result (95.4%; 394/413). Testing in the last 12 months was more prevalent in Douala (63.3%; 169/267) compared to Yaoundé (55.9%; 132/236). Median frequency of testing was every 18 months in Douala and every two years in Yaoundé. In multivariate RDS-weighted analysis, correlates of ever testing for HIV in Douala were: having higher than secondary education compared to having secondary education or less (aOR = 3.51, 95% CI: 1.32-9.34), ever accessing a community-based HIV service for MSM (aOR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.57-7.24) and having ≥4 male oral or anal sexual partners in the past 12 months (aOR = 2.49, 1.08-5.74). In Yaoundé, having higher than secondary education (aOR = 7.96, 95% CI: 1.31-48.41) was associated with ever testing for HIV.

Conclusions

Supporting regular HIV testing and linkage to care is important in a context of high HIV prevalence and limited use of condoms and condom-compatible lubricants. Building the capacity of MSM organizations and mainstream health services to deliver affordable, integrated, confidential, and MSM-sensitive HIV testing may assist in effectively engaging more MSM in the HIV treatment cascade. Giving specific attention to MSM who are younger, of lower socioeconomic status and less connected to community-based MSM organizations may increase HIV testing uptake. Given the levels of HIV testing and high HIV prevalence among MSM in Cameroon, optimizing the safe and effective provision and uptake of antiretroviral-based prevention and treatment approaches is paramount in changing the trajectory of the HIV epidemic among these men and within their sexual networks.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Park et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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