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Young adults often unaware of HIV risk.(High-Risk Behavior Reported in 19%)
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Most young adult Americans who engage in HIV risk behaviors underestimate their infection risk and have not been tested for HIV recently, according to the findings from a new national study.
The study was undertaken in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's goal of cutting the nation's incidence of HIV infection in half by 2005 through voluntary testing and risk behavior reduction, Dr. Traci A. Takahashi said at the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
The annual incidence of HIV infections has remained steady in recent years at about 40,000, but rates are climbing in women and nonwhites, noted Dr. Takahashi of the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle,
To lay the groundwork for achieving the CDC's ambitious goal, Dr. Takahashi conducted a study of HIV risk behaviors and self-perceived risk nationwide, She analyzed data from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which involved a highly detailed random telephone survey of adults in Florida, Montana, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas conducted in 2000. The survey was constructed to permit weighted national population estimates.
Among an estimated 5.4 million sexually active American adults aged 18-49, ...
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