@article{f47f1512fd694a4ebaf5ecbd25a4b99b,
title = "Actual Versus Perceived HIV Testing Norms, and Personal HIV Testing Uptake: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study in Rural Uganda",
abstract = "HIV testing is an essential part of treatment and prevention. Using population-based data from 1664 adults across eight villages in rural Uganda, we assessed individuals{\textquoteright} perception of the norm for HIV testing uptake in their village and compared it to the actual uptake norm. In addition, we examined how perception of the norm was associated with personal testing while adjusting for other factors. Although the majority of people had been tested for HIV across all villages, slightly more than half of men and women erroneously thought that the majority in their village had never been tested. They underestimated the prevalence of HIV testing uptake by 42 percentage points (s.d. = 17 percentage points), on average. Among men, perceiving that HIV testing was not normative was associated with never testing for HIV (AOR = 2.6; 95% CI 1.7–4.0, p < 0.001). Results suggest an opportunity for interventions to emphasize the commonness of HIV testing uptake.",
keywords = "HIV testing, Perception, Social norms, Stigma, Uganda",
author = "Perkins, {Jessica M.} and Nyakato, {Viola N.} and Bernard Kakuhikire and Mbabazi, {Pamela K.} and Perkins, {H. Wesley} and Tsai, {Alexander C.} and Subramanian, {S. V.} and Christakis, {Nicholas A.} and Bangsberg, {David R.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding This study was supported by Friends of a Healthy Uganda and by a Roybal Center grant through U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) P30AG034420. The authors also acknowledge salary support from NIH K23MH096620. Funding Information: We thank the Emikago Study team, for their assistance with data collection and study administration; and Niels Rosenquist, Sae Takada, Peggy Bartek, Anna Baylor, Nozmo F.B. Mukiibi, and Roberts Muriisa, for their assistance with study administration and infrastructure development. This study was supported by Friends of a Healthy Uganda and by a Roybal Center grant through U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) P30AG034420. The authors also acknowledge salary support from NIH K23MH096620. Jessica M Perkins declares that she has no conflict of interest. Viola N Nyakato declares that she has no conflict of interest. Bernard Kakuhikire declares that he has no conflict of interest. Pamela K. Mbabazi declares that she has no conflict of interest. H. Wesley Perkins declares that he has no conflict of interest. Alexander C. Tsai declares that he has no conflict of interest. S. V. Subramanian declares that he has no conflict of interest. Nicholas A. Christakis declares that he has no conflict of interest. David R. Bangsberg declares that he has no conflict of interest. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10461-017-1691-z",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "616--628",
journal = "AIDS and Behavior",
issn = "1090-7165",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "2",
}