Lack of Awareness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Problems and Solutions With Self-reported HIV Serostatus of Men Who Have Sex With Men.

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Travis Sanchez, Emory University; Colleen Kelley, Emory University; Eli S Rosenberg, Emory University; Nicole Luisi, Emory University; Brandon O'Hara, Emory University; Rodriques Lambert, Georgia Department of Public Health; Raphael Coleman, Emory University; Paula Frew, Emory University; Laura F. Salazar, Georgia State University; Sijia Tao, Emory University; William Clarke, Johns Hopkins University; Carlos Del Rio, Emory University; Patrick Sullivan, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2014-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © The Author 2014.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu084
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
• ISSN: 2328-8957
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Start Page: ofu084
• End Page: ofu084
• Grant/Funding Information: This work supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (grant R01MH085600); Minority Health and Health Disparities (grant RC1MD004370); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (grant R01HD067111); National Institutes of Health (grant P30AI050409)-the Emory Center for AIDS Research; and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (grant UL1TR000454).
• Keywords: testing; MSM; HIV; survey
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Epidemiology; Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

Lack of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection awareness may be a driver of racial disparities in HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM). Lack of awareness is typically measured by comparing HIV test result to self-reported HIV status. This measure may be subject to reporting bias and alternatives are needed.