Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To explore the role of partner communication and relationship status on HIV testing among Chinese/Chinese American college students in northern California.
METHODS: We used a cross-sectional study design to conduct focus groups and an online or paper-pencil questionnaire (N = 230).
RESULTS: The majority (60%) of respondents were in committed partnerships, with 21% in casual partnerships. Less than one third (30%) of respondents had ever obtained an HIV test. History of HIV tested was associated with relationship status and partner communication.
CONCLUSIONS: Interventions to increase partner communication skills while taking into account sociocultural factors among this population and their partners are needed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 362-373 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | American Journal of Health Behavior |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2010 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Keywords
- Chinese
- College students
- HIV testing
- Partner communication
- Relationship status
- Humans
- Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data
- United States/ethnology
- Asian People/ethnology
- Universities
- Young Adult
- AIDS Serodiagnosis/psychology
- Asian/psychology
- Adolescent
- Female
- Students/psychology
- Interpersonal Relations
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