HIV testing uptake and determinants among adolescents and young people in Burundi: a cross-sectional analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess HIV testing uptake and its determinants among adolescents and young adults.

Design

Cross-sectional design involving analysis of 2016 Demographic and Health Survey data.

Setting

Nationally representative survey of Burundi.

Participants

A total of 7218 young women and 2860 young men were included.

Primary and secondary outcome

We estimated the proportion of adolescent (15-19 years) and young adult (20-24 years) women and men who had tested for HIV and received results in the 12 months preceding the survey. Multivariable logistic models for determining predictors of HIV testing uptake were fitted among respondents aged 15-24 regardless of sexual activity in the 12 months before the survey and separately among a subset that reporting hav

SUBMITTER: Nshimirimana C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature