Interaction of cognitive performance and knowing someone who has died from AIDS on HIV risk behaviors
| Autor: | William W. Latimer, Mary M. Mitchell, S. Geoff Severtson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Attitude to Death Adolescent Population HIV Infections White People Interviews as Topic Cognition Risk-Taking Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) HIV Seronegativity medicine Humans Needle Sharing Cognitive skill Risk factor Psychiatry education Substance Abuse Intravenous education.field_of_study Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Social Identification Unsafe Sex business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Substance abuse Black or African American Infectious Diseases Logistic Models Baltimore Multivariate Analysis Educational Status Health education Female business |
| Zdroj: | AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education. 19(4) |
| ISSN: | 0899-9546 |
| Popis: | This study examined the association among knowledge of someone who has died from AIDS, cognitive functioning, and performance of protective health behaviors to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Baseline data were analyzed from a sample of 229 injection drug users (IDUs) of heroin, a subset of the respondents from the Baltimore site of the International Neurobehavioral HIV Study. Multivariate logistic regression equations were fitted to predict risky injection drug use practices and sexual behavior based on cognitive performance scores and knowledge of someone who had died from AIDS. Among IDUs with lower cognitive reserves, knowing someone who had died from AIDS was associated with increased risk. This finding indicates that more intensive efforts may be required to reduce the risky behaviors among those IDUs with lower cognitive scores in higher risk social groups. Among IDUs with greater cognitive reserves, knowing someone who had died from AIDS was associated with decreased risk. This suggests that cognitive performance can provide protection to individuals in riskier social environments. These findings can aid in targeting HIV prevention efforts toward higher risk individuals within the IDU population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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