TY - JOUR T1 - HIV testing uptake and risk behaviours in Spain JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health DO - 10.1136/jech.2008.076240 SP - jech.2008.076240 AU - Luis de la Fuente AU - Monica Suarez AU - Maria Jose Belza AU - Fernando Vallejo AU - Margarita Garcia AU - Raquel Alvarez AU - Jesus Castilla AU - Anna Rodes AU - The health and sexual behaviour survey group . Y1 - 2009/03/13 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2009/03/13/jech.2008.076240.abstract N2 - Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of HIV testing in the general population; to analyse factors related to voluntary testing; and to describe the main reasons for testing, the kinds of health services where testing takes place, and the relations between self-risk perception and HIV testing. Design and methods: Probability sample survey of health and sexual behaviour in men and women aged 18-49 years and resident in Spain in 2003 (n=10980). A combination of computer-assisted face-to-face and self-interview was used, and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: Some 39.4% (40.2% in men and 38.5%in women) had ever been tested, blood donation being the main reason for men and pregnancy for women. In the multivariate analysis HIV testing was associated with foreign nationality, high educational level, having injected drugs, and large number of sexual partners. In men, it was also associated with age 30-39 years, having had sex with other men, and having paid for sex. About 29.3% of men and 32.8% of women had their last voluntary HIV test in primary health care centres, while only 3.4% of men and 3.6 of women had last been tested in STI/HIV diagnostic centres. About 20.2% of men and 5.5% of women with risk behaviours had never been tested. Conclusions: The proportion of men with risk behaviours who have never had an HIV test is unacceptably high in Spain. Scaling up access to HIV testing in this population group remains a challenge for health policies and research. ER -