HIV Test and Tobacco Use: Puerto Rico 2010

Audience: This work is aimed to all health professionals in the area of ​​tobacco control and HIV who are interested in identifying differences between populations to spread the correct message about the importance of being tested for HIV

Key Points: The main objective of this research is to provide an epidemiological profile of people who reported having an HIV test ever in life and smoke in Puerto Rico for 2010. In addition, this research intended to establish the existence of statistically significant differences between smokers and nonsmokers who reported having an HIV test ever in the life, in order to identify new strategies to increase the number of smokers that are made the HIV test.The analysis was performed using the Puerto Rico Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. An important results of this research was that 13.6% of smokers vs. 5.5% of non-smokers who having and HIV test ever in the life reported to have been involved in some risk behaviors related to HIV.

Educational Experience: The audience will learn to identifying differences between smoker and non-smokers who having an HIV test ever in the life to spread the correct message about the importance of getting tested for HIV between these two populations.

Benefits: This study shows that exist statistical significant differences between smokers and nonsmokers who having an HIV test ever in the life. These differences must be taken into account to spread the correct message about the importance of getting tested for HIV between smokers.