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AIDS and Behavior
Erschienen in: AIDS and Behavior 9/2016

15.02.2016 | Original Paper

Comparing Perceptions with Actual Reports of Close Friend’s HIV Testing Behavior Among Urban Tanzanian Men

verfasst von: Marta Mulawa, Thespina J. Yamanis, Peter Balvanz, Lusajo J. Kajula, Suzanne Maman

Erschienen in: AIDS and Behavior | Ausgabe 9/2016

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Abstract

Men have lower rates of HIV testing and higher rates of AIDS-related mortality compared to women in sub-Saharan Africa. To assess whether there is an opportunity to increase men’s uptake of testing by correcting misperceptions about testing norms, we compare men’s perceptions of their closest friend’s HIV testing behaviors with the friend’s actual testing self-report using a unique dataset of men sampled within their social networks (n = 59) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We examine the accuracy and bias of perceptions among men who have tested for HIV (n = 391) and compare them to the perceptions among men who never tested (n = 432). We found that testers and non-testers did not differ in the accuracy of their perceptions, though non-testers were strongly biased towards assuming that their closest friends had not tested. Our results lend support to social norms approaches designed to correct the biased misperceptions of non-testers to promote men’s HIV testing.
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Metadaten
Titel
Comparing Perceptions with Actual Reports of Close Friend’s HIV Testing Behavior Among Urban Tanzanian Men
verfasst von
Marta Mulawa
Thespina J. Yamanis
Peter Balvanz
Lusajo J. Kajula
Suzanne Maman
Publikationsdatum
15.02.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
AIDS and Behavior / Ausgabe 9/2016
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1335-8

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