Utilization of HIV health services by gay men: Access to information, prevention and testing

• Autor(a) principal: Dias, Sónia
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Gama, Ana, Fuertes, Ricardo, Cohen, Gabriela, Rosa, Ricardo, Mendão, Luís
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v26i1.265
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This study aims to describe utilization of health services for HIV information prevention and testing by gay men in Portugal and identify factors associated with having been tested for HIV in different settings. In this study based on a participatory approach a questionnaire was applied to 1046 gay men. About 27% of participants referred to have used CAD to obtain information about HIV/Aids. Around 83% received free condoms during last year. The majority (88%) have been tested. Among these, 74% had a test in the NHS, 22.5% in a private service and 6.5% in an NGO, with significant differences regarding age, education, income and nationality. The results point to a utilization of health services for HIV information, prevention and testing among most of participants. Nevertheless, it is important to undertake efforts continuously to promote health services utilization, in particular by groups of gay men population that are in greater vulnerability, working closely with communities. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v26i1.265