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According to the Kentucky Health
Issues Poll (KHIP), only 32 percent of Kentucky adults ages 18 to 64 report
that their medical provider has discussed HIV testing with them, despite CDC
recommendations for routine HIV screening. The poll indicated that doctors are
most likely to talk about HIV testing with “younger, lower-income, and
African-American adults.” Forty percent of African-American respondents stated
that a medical provider had discussed HIV testing with them, compared to 30
percent of white respondents. Only 23 percent of adults ages 46 to 64 reported
their medical providers had talked with them about HIV testing. KHIP results
also indicated that 40 percent of Kentucky adults have never been tested for
HIV.
The Foundation for a Healthy
Kentucky and the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati funded the KHIP, which
was conducted September 20 through October 4, 2012, by the Institute for Policy
Research at the University of Cincinnati. Pollsters interviewed a random sample
of 1,680 Kentucky adults via landlines and cellphones.
CDC reports that almost a fifth of
HIV-infected people in the United States (18.1 percent) do not know they have
HIV; estimates indicate there are approximately 4,500 HIV-infected people in
Kentucky.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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