Table 3: Literature on HIV testing, disclosure and knowledge among gay, bisexual and other MSM in South Africa (N=7).

Source Sample size Age range Study site Study year Study design Study methods Key findings
Stephenson
et al. (2013)u
36 MSM 18+ Urban & peri-urban townships, Cape Town June-July 2010 & Jan 2011 Venue-based purposive sampling FGDs and in-depth interviews High levels of acceptability of couples-based HCT services catered towards MSM were reported.
Stephenson
et al. (2012)v
486 MSM 18+ South Africa June and July 2010 Online recruitment Internet-based survey 89.0% acceptability of couples-based HCT.
Wagenaar,
et al. (2012)w
1154 MSM (USA) & 439 MSM (SA) 18+ South Africa and the USA 2010 Online recruitment Internet-based survey HIV knowledge levels were high for South African MSM (median score 16/18).
Tun et al. (2012)x 324 MSM 18+ Urban and peri-urban, Pretoria &Attridgeville 2009 RDS Cross-sectional survey 22.9% endorsed HIV conspiracy beliefs (AIDS information held back from the public, HIV as a man-made virus, & people being used as guinea pigs in HIV research).
Knox et al. (2013)y 300 MSM 18 - 40 Urban and peri-urban Pretoria 2008 Purposive sampling Survey 59.0% practiced communication of HIV status to partners.
Knox et al. (2011)z 300 MSM 18 - 40 Urban and peri-urban Pretoria 2008 Purposive sampling Community-based survey 67.7% had ever tested for HIV. Social vulnerability (being black, living in a township, and lacking HIV knowledge) reduced likelihood of testing. Low income & not self-identifying as gay reduced repeat testing. Low income and internalized homophobia reduced recent testing.
Nel et al. (2013)aa 1045 MSM 16+ Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape 2003, 2005 Purposive sampling of LGBT persons Survey 27.0% never tested for HIV. Most frequent reason for not testing was the perception of not being at risk (57.0%) and fear of being tested (52.0%).

u[79], v[78], w[82], x[83], y[81], z[80], aa[77]