Table 4.
Attitude toward PN for different sexual partners of HIV-positive MSM.
| Types of sexual partners might be notified |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable partners (n = 124)a | Casual partners (n = 207)a | Commercial sexual partners (n = 3)a | Wives (n = 76)a | Other heterosexual partners (n = 8)a | |
| Would you like to mobilize your sexual partners to take HIV test? (n (%)) | |||||
| Yes | 89 (71.8) | 141 (68.1) | 0 (0.0) | 27 (35.5) | 2 (25.0) |
| No | 15 (12.1) | 41 (19.8) | 3 (100.0) | 8 (10.5) | 5 (62.5) |
| Unknown | 20 (16.1) | 25 (12.1) | – | 41 (53.9) | 1 (12.5) |
| If yes, who would you prefer to mobilize your sexual partners? (single choice, n (%)) | |||||
| Oneself | 71 (79.8) | 107 (75.9) | – | 27 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) |
| CBO workers | 5 (5.6) | 29 (20.6) | – | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Workers of local CDC | 10 (11.2) | 1 (0.7) | – | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Unknown | 3 (3.4) | 4 (2.8) | – | – | – |
| If no, reasons for answering no? (multiple choice, n (%)) | |||||
| Fear of disclosing HIV status to partners | 7 (46.7) | 6 (14.6) | – | 7 (87.5) | – |
| Partner is already HIV-positive | 4 (26.7) | 4 (9.8) | – | – | – |
| Fear of discrimination | 3 (20.0) | – | – | – | – |
| Relationship changes due to HIV status | – | 1 (2.4) | – | 4 (50.0) | – |
| Fear of disclosing infidelity to stable partner | – | 1 (2.4) | – | – | – |
| Inability to communicate | 5 (33.3) | 2 (4.9) | – | 3 (37.5) | – |
| No contact information | 10 (66.7) | 31 (75.6) | 3 (100.0) | – | 5 (100.0) |
| Other reasons | 3 (20.0) | 1 (2.4) | – | 7 (87.5)b | – |
a
n = the number of HIV-positive MSM who expressed their attitude toward a certain type of sexual partners.
b
HIV infected MSM reported another main reason of refusing to mobilize their wives, which is fear of disclosing homosexual orientation.