Kahle Erin M, Freedman Mark S, Buskin Susan E
Public Health-Seattle and King County, WA, USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 Jul;97(7 Suppl):13S-18S.
The HIV Testing Survey (HITS) was developed to examine HIV testing and risk behavior in individuals at risk for HIV infection. The first Seattle HITS was conducted in 2000 (HITS-2000); HITS was conducted in Seattle again in 2002-2003 among Asians and Pacific Islanders (HITS-API).
Both HITS projects, HITS-API and HITS-2000, included anonymously targeted participants from at-risk populations. Data from the surveys were compared to see whether there were differences in HIV testing behavior between API and a general at-risk population in the Seattle area. Data were analyzed for 165 participants in HITS-API and 270 in HITS-2000.
More API (90%) perceived themselves at some HIV risk relative to HITS-2000 participants (71%, chi2 p<0.05). In HITS-API and HITS-2000, participants reported significant HIV risks--no or inconsistent condom use with nonprimary partners or sharing injection equipment. Only 47% of HITS-API participants tested in the past year compared with 64% of HITS-2000. There was no association between HIV testing and risks in HITS-API.
Based on self-report from HITS-API, the overall perceived risk for HIV infection was high, many engaged in high-risk behaviors, and HIV testing was suboptimal.
艾滋病病毒检测调查（HITS）旨在研究艾滋病病毒感染风险人群的艾滋病病毒检测及风险行为。首次西雅图HITS于2000年开展（HITS - 2000）；2002 - 2003年在西雅图针对亚裔和太平洋岛民再次开展了HITS（HITS - API）。
HITS - API和HITS - 2000这两个项目都纳入了来自高危人群的匿名目标参与者。对调查数据进行比较，以观察西雅图地区亚裔和太平洋岛民与一般高危人群在艾滋病病毒检测行为上是否存在差异。对HITS - API的165名参与者和HITS - 2000的270名参与者的数据进行了分析。
与HITS - 2000的参与者（71%）相比，更多的亚裔和太平洋岛民（90%）认为自己存在某种感染艾滋病病毒的风险（卡方检验p<0.05）。在HITS - API和HITS - 2000中，参与者报告了显著的艾滋病病毒风险——与非主要性伴侣不使用或不持续使用避孕套，或共用注射器具。在过去一年中，只有47%的HITS - API参与者进行了检测，而HITS - 2000的这一比例为64%。在HITS - API中，艾滋病病毒检测与风险之间没有关联。
根据HITS - API的自我报告，总体上感知到的艾滋病病毒感染风险较高，许多人有高危行为，且艾滋病病毒检测情况不理想。
