Disparities in HIV knowledge and attitudes toward biomedical interventions among the non-medical HIV workforce in the United States

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of respondents (N = 3663).

Parameter	n (%)
Current gender orientation
Male	1750 (48)
Female	1874 (51)
Transgender	39 (1)
Age, years
18–34	1575 (43)
35–44	699 (19)
45–54	746 (20)
≥55	643 (18)
Race/ethnicity^a,b
Non-Hispanic Black	1184 (32)
Non-Hispanic white	1576 (43)
Hispanic	705 (19)
Other	198 (5)
Survey language
English	3324 (91)
Spanish	339 (9)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual/straight	2498 (68)
Homosexual/gay/lesbian/same-gender loving	915 (25)
Bisexual/other	250 (7)
HIV status
Negative	3012 (82)
Positive	541 (15)
Do not know	40 (1)
Decline to answer	70 (2)
Geographic region
Northeast	557 (15)
Midwest	506 (14)
South	1644 (45)
West	556 (15)
Other/no answer	400 (11)
Education level
Associate degree or below	1100 (30)
Bachelor’s degree	1131 (31)
Some post-graduate education or higher	1432 (39)
Current organization
ASO	1639 (45)
State/local health department	779 (21)
Other CBO	1245 (34)
Current position
Consultant	539 (15)
Employee^c	2634 (72)
Volunteer	490 (13)
Tenure in the HIV field, years
0–2	779 (21)
3–5	975 (27)
6–10	748 (20)
11–15	477 (13)
≥16	684 (19)
Number of staff members^b
0–10	1065 (29)
11–20	740 (20)
21–30	598 (16)
31–50	510 (14)
51–100	403 (11)
≥101	347 (9)

Note: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ASO, AIDS service organization; CBO, community-based organization; AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

^aRespondents were classified during analysis of the survey results based on their responses to a question about primary race and a question about Hispanic ethnicity.

^bPercentages may not total 100% due to rounding.

^cFull- or part-time employee.

Notes: Figure (c) the n values in each bar represent the number of respondents who answered strongly/somewhat agree (black bars), or strongly/somewhat disagree or neither agree nor disagree (gray bars), for each survey question. PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; TAP, treatment-as-prevention; ART, antiretroviral treatment; US, United States.

Figure 2. Factors associated with HIV knowledge score (total population; N = 3663).

Note: Positive and negative values refer to unstandardized regression coefficients (average change in survey scores per unit change of the independent variable, while controlling for other variables). All associations were statistically significant and the larger the value (whether positive or negative), the more significant the impact of that variable. HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; organization; AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; MSM, men-who-have-sex-with-men; LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender.