LAPIDUS ET AL.URBAN AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES HIV–RELATED RISK BEHAVIORS, PERCEPTIONS OF RISK, HIV TESTING, AND EXPOSURE TO PREVENTION MESSAGES AND METHODS AMONG URBAN AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES

The goal of this study was to describe HIV risk behaviors, perceptions, testing, and prevention exposure among urban American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Interviewers administered a questionnaire to participants recruited through anonymous peer–referral sampling. Chi–square tests and multiple logis-tic regression were used to compare HIV testing by perception of risk and risk be-havior status. Of 218 respondents with seronegative or unknown HIV status, 156 (72%, 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 66–78%) reported some HIV risk be-havior: 57 (26%, 95 % CI: 20–32%) high–risk behavior, and 99 (45%, 95 % CI: 39–52%), potentially high–risk. Among respondents reporting high–risk behav-ior, 44 % rated themselves at no or low risk for HIV infection. Overall, 180 re