AIDSWEEKLY Plus; Monday, December 1, 2003
Michael Greer, Senior Medical Writer

"This study estimated 1987-2002 trends in preventive behaviors closely linked to HIV from several large health surveys providing the most recently available data. These behaviors include condom use, dual use of condoms with other contraceptive methods, and HIV testing," scientists in the United States report.

"Condom use increased throughout the period for adolescents, but there is no evidence of overall increased condom use for adults after the mid-1990s," said John E. Anderson and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "After 2000, adult condom use with primary partners was low even among those at highest risk. Dual use of condoms with other contraceptive methods was reported by a small and increasing percentage of adolescents and adults. By 2001 a high percentage of U.S. adults reported having been tested at least once, and reproductive-age and pregnant women were tested at a greater rate than others. However, one in four pregnant women had never been tested for HIV."

"This review indicates that even after considerable increase in preventive behaviors, it is still possible to identify a relatively large segment of the population that is at risk for transmitting or acquiring HIV," concluded Anderson and his collaborators. "Prevention programs serving high-risk populations need to work toward increasing safe sex practices with main partners and HIV testing among the never-tested, particularly reproductive-age women."

Anderson and his coauthors published their study in JAIDS - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (Changes in HIV-related preventive behavior in the US population - Data from national surveys, 1987-2002. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Oct 1;34(2):195-202.

For additional information, contact John E. Anderson, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-46, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. E-mail: jea1@cdc.gov.

The publisher's contact information for the JAIDS - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes is: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 530 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3621, USA.

The information in this article comes under the major subject areas of AIDS and HIV Prevention, AIDS and HIV Risk Factor, AIDS and HIV Epidemiology, Adolescent Health, Behavioral Medicine, and Sexually Transmitted Disease.

This article was prepared by AIDS Weekly editors from staff and other reports.

Reference

Anderson JE, Santelli J, Mugalla C., "Changes in HIV-related preventive behavior in the US population: data from national surveys, 1987-2002", J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Oct 1;34(2):195-202.

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