Factors Associated With Not Testing for HIV Among Household Contacts and Sexual Partners of Index PLHIV Identified by Community Adolescent Treatment Supporters in 24 Districts of Zimbabwe, October 2017–September 2018
Characteristic | Total Referred for HIV Testing | Not Tested for HIV | Crude RR(95% CIa) | Adjusted RRb(95% CIa) |
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No. | No. (%) | |||
Total | 15223 | 3109 (20.4) | ||
Age (years) | ||||
0–4 | 2495 | 864 (34.6) | 13.63 (10.82–17.18) | 12.72 (10.01–16.17) |
5–9 | 2814 | 775 (27.5) | 10.84 (8.59–13.68) | 10.41 (8.19–13.23) |
10–14 | 3170 | 867 (27.4) | 10.77 (8.54–13.58) | 10.20 (8.03–12.96) |
15–19 | 3830 | 529 (13.8) | 5.43 (4.28–6.90) | 5.21 (4.08–6.65) |
20–24 | 2914 | 74 (2.5) | Ref | Ref |
Gender | ||||
Male | 6597 | 1456 (22.1) | 1.15 (1.08–1.22) | 1.05 (0.98–1.13) |
Female | 8626 | 1653 (19.2) | Ref | Ref |
Type of contact | ||||
Sibling | 6229 | 1289 (20.7) | Ref | Ref |
Sexual partner | 290 | 12 (4.1) | 0.19 (0.11–0.34) | 0.51 (0.29–0.91) |
Children | 8704 | 1808 (20.8) | 1.00 (0.94–1.06) | 1.04 (0.96–1.12) |
Province | ||||
Masvingo | 1362 | 55 (4.0) | Ref | Ref |
Bulawayo | 1567 | 365 (23.3) | 5.76 (4.38–7.58) | 7.27 (5.47–9.67) |
Harare | 685 | 2 (0.3) | 0.07 (0.01–0.29) | 0.08 (0.02–0.36) |
Manicaland | 4489 | 1321 (29.4) | 7.28 (5.60–9.47) | 7.36 (5.62–9.65) |
Mashonaland Central | 1076 | 75 (7.0) | 1.72 (1.23–2.42) | 1.73 (1.22–2.45) |
Mashonaland East | 179 | 9 (5.0) | 1.24 (0.62–2.47) | 1.34 (0.66–2.72) |
Matabeleland South | 1871 | 812 (43.4) | 10.74 (8.25–13.99) | 11.84 (9.00–15.57) |
Midlands | 3994 | 470 (11.8) | 2.91 (2.21–3.82) | 3.32 (2.51–4.40) |