| Autor: |
Alexandra Montoliu, Núria Vives, Jordi Casabona, Francesc Belvis, Mireia Julià, Cristina Agustí, Núria Font-Casaseca, Joan Benach |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| DOI: |
10.21203/rs.3.rs-32382/v1 |
| Popis: |
Background Spatial visualization of HIV surveillance data could improve the planning of programs to address the HIV epidemic. Methods Surveillance data from the national registry were presented in the form of descriptive and ring maps and used to study the spatial distribution of new HIV diagnoses in Catalonia (2012–2016) and associated risk factors at the small area level (ABS, acronym for “basic health area in Catalan). Incident cases were modeled using the following as predictors: type of municipality, prevalence of young men and migrant groups, MSM activity indicators, and other variables at the aggregated level. Results New HIV diagnoses are heterogeneously distributed across Catalonia. The predictors that proved to be significantly associated with a higher rate of new HIV diagnoses were ABS located in the city of Barcelona (IRR, 2.520; P |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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