obtain information about HIV/AIDS.

The profile of information sources is generally reflective of where people get other health-related information, with a slightly greater emphasis on television news, newspaper articles, health programs and schools, and less reliance on doctors and the Internet. On the other hand, these later sources are exactly where the public would prefer to be able to obtain information about HIV/AIDS.

With respect to behaviour, safer sex is practiced by only a small minority of the sexually active and almost always as a result of casual or multiple partners. It is rarely practiced by people in regular, ongoing relationships.

In terms of testing, one in four have been tested, but almost half of those were not tested in the past two years. Among those who were tested in the past two years, this was typically once.