The psychosocial determinants of the intention to test for HIV among young men in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
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2021Author
Manyaapelo, Thabang
Ruiter, Robert AC
Sifunda, Sibusiso
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: Voluntary counselling and testing is one of the effective prevention strategies against the HIV/AIDS
epidemic. This study investigated the psychosocial determinants of the intention to be tested for HIV among young
men in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province using the theory of planned behaviour as the guiding framework. A facilitator-administered questionnaire was used to collect data among 350 isiZulu-speaking men between
the ages of 18 and 35. Results show that 24% reported ever having tested. Intention to test showed strong positive correlations
with subjective norm to test (r = 0.67), intention to use condoms (r = 0.65), intention to reduce alcohol use (r = 0.60),
subjective norm to reduce alcohol use (r = 0.54), and subjective norm to use condoms (r = 0.51). For multiple
regression, attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control explained 43% of the variance in intention
to test, with subjective norm and perceived behavioural control making significant unique contributions. An
additional 12% of the variance was explained by intention to reduce alcohol and drug use, and use condoms.