Using the media to increase HIV knowledge and promote HIV testing.

摘要

In "Patients' Attitudes Toward and Factors Predictive of HIV Testing of Academic Medical Centers" by Stefan et al in this issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, more knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) predicted self-reported HIV testing in a statistically significant way. Higher HIV knowledge also predicted agreement with a statement reflecting the 2006 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendation for testing all persons aged 18 to 64 years. The authors highlight an underused and potentially salient intervention that may increase HIV knowledge and subsequent acceptance of testing: media campaigns. In a 2009 Kaiser Family Foundation survey2