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标题：HIV test-seeking before and after the restriction of anonymous testing in North Carolina.
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作者：I Hertz-Picciotto ; L W Lee ; C Hoyo 等
期刊名称：American journal of public health
印刷版ISSN：0090-0036
出版年度：1996
卷号：86
期号：10
页码：1446-1450
出版社：American Public Health Association
摘要：OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the impact on HIV test-seeking of North Carolina's restriction of anonymous testing to 18 of its 100 counties as of September 1, 1991. METHODS: Trends from 4 months prerestriction to the 16-month restriction period in counties retaining vs counties eliminating anonymous testing were compared. RESULTS: HIV testing increased throughout the state, but more rapidly where anonymous testing was retained than elsewhere: 64% vs 44%. These differences held for all sociodemographic subgroups and were most pronounced among adolescents and African Americans and other non-Whites. CONCLUSIONS: The data are consistent with a detrimental effect of elimination of anonymous testing, although confounding from differences in AIDS awareness or in repeat tests is possible.