HIV Testing and Counselling in Colombia: Local Experience on Two Different Recruitment Strategies to Better Reach Low Socioeconomic Status Communities

Table 2

Comparison of the risk factors for HIV infection between participants in BAFI-1 and BAFI-2.

Variables	BAFI-1 strategy		BAFI-2 strategy		𝑃 value
	𝑛=2085		𝑛=363
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Self-perception of HIV knowledge (self-reported as good or excellent)
	921	44%	101	28%	<0.001
Previous HIV test	749	36%	81	22%	<0.001
Condom use (always)	176	8%	22	6%	0.144
History of STDs	339	16%	74	21%	0.053
Alcohol abuse (binge drinking,; more than 5 drinks in two hours straight)	215	10%	46	13%	0.179
Substance use (recreational drugs)	284	14%	28	8%	0.002
Sexual partners last year (mean ± SD)	1.5±2.4		1.8±5.6		0.3157
Age of first sexual intercourse (mean ± SD)	16.9±3.5		16.1±3.6		0.0001