TY  - JOUR
T1  - ASsociation between hiv-related risk behaviors and hiv testing among high school students in the united states, 2009
AU  - Balaji AB, Eaton DK, Voetsch AC, Wiegand RE, Miller KS, Doshi SR
Y1  - 2012/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1131
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 331
EP  - 336
VL  - 166
IS  - 4
N2  - Objective 
                  To identify the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–related risk behaviors associated with HIV testing among US high school students who reported ever having sexual intercourse.Design 
                  Secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study.Setting 
                  The 2009 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey.Participants 
                  A total of 7591 US high school students who reported ever having sexual intercourse.Main Exposures 
                  Risk behaviors related to HIV.Main Outcome Measure 
                  Having ever been tested for HIV.Results 
                  Among the 7591 students who reported ever having sexual intercourse, 22.6% had been tested for HIV. Testing for HIV was most likely to be done among students who had ever injected any illegal drug (41.3%; adjusted odds ratio, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.14-2.56), had ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse (36.2%; adjusted odds ratio, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.19 -1.72), did not use a condom the last time they had sexual intercourse (28.7%; adjusted odds ratio, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.08-1.51), and had sexual intercourse with 4 or more persons during their life (34.7%; adjusted odds ratio, 2.32; 95% CI, 1.98-2.73).Conclusions 
                  Most sexually active students, even among those who reported high-risk behaviors for HIV, have not been tested for HIV. New strategies for increasing HIV testing among the adolescent population, including encouraging routine voluntary HIV testing among those who are sexually active, are needed.
SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1131
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1131
ER  -