TY - JOUR
T1 - NOTIFICATION OF HIV CARRIERS
T2 - POSSIBLE EFFECT ON UPTAKE OF AIDS TESTING
AU - Ohi, Gen
AU - Hasegawa, Tomonori
AU - Kai, Ichiro
AU - Inaba, Yutaka
AU - Miyama, Tomoyo
AU - Kamakura, Mitsuhiro
AU - Terao, Hiroaki
AU - Hirano, Wataru
AU - Kobayashi, Yasuki
AU - Muramatsu, Yasuko
AU - Ashizawa, Masami
AU - Uemura, Ichiro
AU - Niimi, Takeshi
PY - 1988/10/22
Y1 - 1988/10/22
N2 - Passing of the AIDS Prevention Bill, which demands the notification of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) carriers, seems imminent in Japan. Its effect on people's willingness to be tested for the HIV antibody was assessed among heterosexual subjects (students, office workers) and groups at high risk of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (prostitutes, homosexual males) by means of a questionnaire. More than 70% of the 811 students and 509 workers replied that, if notification became mandatory, they would agree to be tested but 10% of the males and 17% of the females in these two groups would prefer testing at institutes not complying with the clause; all 198 prostitutes said that they would be prepared to undergo testing but 35% of them would prefer to go to non-complying clinics; 45% (410) of 902 homosexual males replied that they would refuse testing, and 65% of those who would agree to be tested (492) would prefer to go to non-complying clinics. These findings strongly suggest that when the bill is passed the greater the self-perceived risk of HIV infection the poorer will be the uptake of AIDS testing. Hence the bill would be counterproductive in the surveillance of potential HIV carriers.
AB - Passing of the AIDS Prevention Bill, which demands the notification of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) carriers, seems imminent in Japan. Its effect on people's willingness to be tested for the HIV antibody was assessed among heterosexual subjects (students, office workers) and groups at high risk of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (prostitutes, homosexual males) by means of a questionnaire. More than 70% of the 811 students and 509 workers replied that, if notification became mandatory, they would agree to be tested but 10% of the males and 17% of the females in these two groups would prefer testing at institutes not complying with the clause; all 198 prostitutes said that they would be prepared to undergo testing but 35% of them would prefer to go to non-complying clinics; 45% (410) of 902 homosexual males replied that they would refuse testing, and 65% of those who would agree to be tested (492) would prefer to go to non-complying clinics. These findings strongly suggest that when the bill is passed the greater the self-perceived risk of HIV infection the poorer will be the uptake of AIDS testing. Hence the bill would be counterproductive in the surveillance of potential HIV carriers.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)92608-6
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)92608-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 2902390
AN - SCOPUS:1642483645
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 332
SP - 947
EP - 949
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 8617
ER -
