{"id":913,"date":"2012-10-01T10:53:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T10:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=913"},"modified":"2024-02-23T12:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:35:24","slug":"testing-for-hiv-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/testing-for-hiv-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV Testing in Scotland amongst MSM has increased"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The number of gay men having an HIV test in Scotland has increased significantly.&nbsp; The percentage of men who identified themselves as gay who have had an HIV test increased from 27% to 57% from 2000 to 2010.&nbsp; This is encouraging alongside an increase in gay men who saw testing as &#8220;the community norm&#8221; which is an important change in attitude.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7605\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The barriers many men listed to getting tested were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>fear of positive result<\/li><li>opening times<\/li><li>waiting for an appointment<\/li><li>fear of rejection of future partners<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/clinics\/\">clinics in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Perth<\/a> where you can be tested for HIV without giving your real name, date of birth and we will not ask you for your doctor&#8217;s name so no one will need to know.&nbsp; We can also help you if you do test positive with a referral to people who will help you to understand your result and treatment and how to tell other people in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of gay men having an HIV test in Scotland has increased significantly.&nbsp; The percentage of men who identified themselves as gay who have had an HIV test increased from 27% to 57% from 2000 to 2010.&nbsp; This is encouraging alongside an increase in gay men who saw testing as &#8220;the community norm&#8221; which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1438,8,14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1992,1067,661,678,792,1329,644,1956,655,795,1343,706,705],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8013,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/8013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}