Few Italian drug users undergo HIV testing

Autor: Camoni, L., Federico, Bruno, Capelli, Giovanni, Regine, V., Salfa, M. C., Nicoletti, G., Canuzzi, P., Magliocchetti, N., Rezza, G., Suligoi, B., SERT Study Group
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Drug
Questionnaires
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Social Psychology
Substance-Related Disorders
media_common.quotation_subject
utilization
numerical data
diagnosis/prevention /&
HIV Infections
Hiv testing
Pharmacology
HIV testing
Injectors and non-injectors drug users
Italy
Drug Users
Young Adult
psychology/statistics /&
epidemiology/psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
AIDS Serodiagnosis
utilization
Adult
Age Factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Users

psychology/statistics /&/ numerical data
Female
HIV Infections

diagnosis/prevention /&/ control
Humans
Italy

epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Substance Abuse

Intravenous
epidemiology/psychology
Substance-Related Disorders

epidemiology/therapy
Young Adult

Humans
Substance Abuse
Intravenous

Psychological treatment
media_common
control
business.industry
Public health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health

Substance Abuse
Age Factors
Middle Aged
Health psychology
Infectious Diseases
Cross-Sectional Studies
epidemiology/therapy
Family medicine
Nationality
epidemiology
Female
business
Zdroj: AIDS and behavior. 15(4)
ISSN: 1573-3254
Popis: We estimated the proportion of drug users at treatment centres in Italy who had undergone HIV testing and the correlates of testing. Of the 1,917 drug injectors, 37.4% had been tested in the current year; of the 665 non-injectors, 28% had been tested. Among injectors, testing was associated with: being older than 35, foreign nationality, residing in central Italy, drug use for over 2 years, and having undergone both pharmacological and psychological treatment. Among non-injectors, an association was found for foreign nationality and not having been treated at other facilities. The results stress the need to facilitate access to testing.
Databáze: OpenAIRE