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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Drug Issues. 2013 Jul;43(3):314–334. doi: 10.1177/0022042613476260
  1. What are your concerns about sexual health?

    1. What steps do you take to stay healthy, sexually?

  2. Where do you go for help for your sexual health problems or concerns?

  3. Have you ever gotten tested for HIV or had an opportunity to get tested?

    1. If you have been tested, where did you go the last time you were tested, and what was the experience like? What was your best experience with being tested? If you haven’t been tested, where would you go to get tested, and what do you imagine it would be like?

    2. Did you go in and ask to be tested or were you told you were being tested for HIV?

    3. If you didn’t ask to be tested, or weren’t told you were being tested, how did you know you were being tested for HIV?

    4. Did you receive a blood test for HIV? Did you receive an oral swab test for HIV?

    5. How do you know when you get your blood tested that the test will include HIV?

    6. Did you get back your test results?

      1. How were your results given to you (i.e., a phone call, letter, return visit)?

      2. How long did it take to get your results?

    7. How were you treated by the staff at the place where you last got tested (or, if no one has been tested, how do you expect the staff would treat you if you went to get tested?)

  4. What are some reasons a person would get tested for HIV?

  5. How do you think people you know would react if they knew you were getting tested for HIV?

  6. What would be a good place for people to get tested that might be most comfortable or easy for them?

  7. Has anyone ever told you they would not get tested or refuse to be tested?

    1. What are some reasons a person gives for not getting tested for HIV?

    2. Has anyone told you they would not be tested because of fear of the results?

    3. What do you think “scared to know” really means?

  8. We have been told by some people that men are less likely to be tested or that women are less likely to be tested, what do you think?

    1. Do you think there are other groups of people in your community who are less likely to get an HIV test, even though they might be at risk?

    2. If so, do you know specifically that people in these groups have refused to be tested? If so why?

  9. What would make it easier for people in this community to get an HIV test or a STD (sexually transmitted disease) test? What, in your opinion, would be the most convenient way or place to get tested?

  10. Have you personally ever known anyone with HIV or who is HIV positive?

    1. Did you ever talk with them about it?

    2. What were they doing about it?