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. 1996 Oct;86(10):1446–1450. doi: 10.2105/ajph.86.10.1446

HIV test-seeking before and after the restriction of anonymous testing in North Carolina.

I Hertz-Picciotto 1, L W Lee 1, C Hoyo 1
PMCID: PMC1380659  PMID: 8876517

Abstract

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.

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