A Cross-Sectional Study on Attitudes to and Understanding of Risk of Acquisition of HIV: Design, Methods and Participant Characteristics

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Sewell, J; Speakman, A; Phillips, AN; Lampe, FC; Miltz, A; Gilson, R; Asboe, D; Nwokolo, N; Scott, C; Day, S; et al. Sewell, J; Speakman, A; Phillips, AN; Lampe, FC; Miltz, A; Gilson, R; Asboe, D; Nwokolo, N; Scott, C; Day, S; Fisher, M; Clarke, A; Anderson, J; O'Connell, R; Apea, V; Dhairyawan, R; Gompels, M; Farazmand, P; Allan, S; Mann, S; Dhar, J; Tang, A; Sadiq, ST; Taylor, S; Collins, S; Sherr, L; Hart, G; Johnson, AM; Miners, A; Elford, J; Rodger, A (2016) A Cross-Sectional Study on Attitudes to and Understanding of Risk of Acquisition of HIV: Design, Methods and Participant Characteristics. JMIR Research Protocols, 5 (2). e58. ISSN 1929-0748 https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.4873
SGUL Authors: Sadiq, Syed Tariq

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/resprot.4873

Abstract

Background: The annual number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the United Kingdom among men who have sex with men (MSM) has risen, and remains high among heterosexuals. Increasing HIV transmission among MSM is consistent with evidence of ongoing sexual risk behavior in this group, and targeted prevention strategies are needed for those at risk of acquiring HIV. Objective: The Attitudes to and Understanding of Risk of Acquisition of HIV (AURAH) study was designed to collect information on HIV negative adults at risk of HIV infection in the United Kingdom, based on the following parameters: physical and mental health, lifestyle, patterns of sexual behaviour, and attitudes to sexual risk. Methods: Cross-sectional questionnaire study of HIV negative or undiagnosed sexual health clinic attendees in the United Kingdom from 2013-2014. Results: Of 2630 participants in the AURAH study, 2064 (78%) were in the key subgroups of interest; 580 were black Africans (325 females and 255 males) and 1484 were MSM, with 27 participants belonging to both categories. Conclusions: The results from AURAH will be a significant resource to understand the attitudes and sexual behaviour of those at risk of acquiring HIV within the United Kingdom. AURAH will inform future prevention efforts and targeted health promotion initiatives in the HIV negative population.

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© Janey Sewell, Andrew Speakman, Andrew N Phillips, Fiona C Lampe, Ada Miltz, Richard Gilson, David Asboe, Nneka Nwokolo, Christopher Scott, Sara Day, Martin Fisher, Amanda Clarke, Jane Anderson, Rebecca O'Connell, Vanessa Apea, Rageshri Dhairyawan, Mark Gompels, Paymaneh Farazmand, Sris Allan, Susan Mann, Jyoti Dhar, Alan Tang, S Tariq Sadiq, Stephen Taylor, Simon Collins, Lorraine Sherr, Graham Hart, Anne M Johnson, Alec Miners, Jonathan Elford, Alison Rodger. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 18.04.2016. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Research Protocols, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.researchprotocols.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.

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Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII)

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JMIR Research Protocols

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1929-0748

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