Table 3.
HIV testing history and behaviours in two cohorts of young high-risk women in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: YWHS-1 (2006–2007) and YWHS-2 (2009–2010)
| Characteristic | YWHS-1 N=160 |
YWHS-2* N=153* |
p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Per cent | N | Per cent | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | |||||
| No | 58 | 36.5 | 31 | 20.3 | <0.01 |
| Yes | 101 | 63.5 | 122 | 79.7 | |
| HIV test in the last 3 months | |||||
| No | 126 | 79.3 | 119 | 77.8 | 0.75 |
| Yes | 33 | 20.7 | 34 | 22.2 | |
| What was the result of the last HIV test?† | |||||
| Negative | 84 | 84.0 | 114 | 93.4 | 0.04 |
| Positive | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 3.3 | |
| Do not know | 12 | 12.0 | 4 | 3.3 | |
| Where was the last HIV test received?† | |||||
| Public hospital | 35 | 34.7 | 55 | 34.0 | 0.10 |
| Voluntary testing and counselling centre | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NGO clinic | 59 | 58.4 | 54 | 44.3 | |
| Private hospital, clinic or laboratory | 6 | 5.9 | 13 | 10.7 | |
*Excludes women who participated in YWHS-1.
†Among those who reported being previously tested for HIV.
NGO, non-governmental organisations; YWHS, Young Women's Health Study.