Correlates of HIV Seropositivity and HIV Testing Among Out-of-Treatment Drug Users
| Autor: | Karyn Collier, Salaam Semaan, Kelly Feighan, Joan Halbert, Lynne Kotranski, Jennifer Lauby |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Urban Population Substance-Related Disorders Aftercare Medicine (miscellaneous) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors HIV Seropositivity Epidemiology medicine Humans Seroprevalence Risk factor Substance Abuse Intravenous Sida Philadelphia Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome biology business.industry Public health AIDS Serodiagnosis virus diseases Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Immunology Female Viral disease business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 24:377-393 |
| ISSN: | 1097-9891 0095-2990 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/00952999809016904 |
| Popis: | This study: 1) examined the rate and correlates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity; and 2) assessed whether self-selection in HIV testing influenced the rate and correlates of HIV seropositivity in a group of out-of-treatment drug users. Data were collected from 856 out-of-treatment drug users in Philadelphia between January 1993 and August 1994. Seventy-four percent of the sample elected to take an HIV test that was included in the project in which the drug users were enrolled, and of these, 11% were HIV positive. Multivariate analyses indicated that those who were younger, those who had an injection-drug-using sex partner, and those who reported no recent sexual activity were more likely to be HIV positive. An examination of the multivariate correlates of HIV testing indicated that subjects who took an HIV test had higher rates of participation in some risk behaviors than did subjects who did not take an HIV test, but lower rates for other risk behaviors. None of the correlates of HIV seropositivity were correlates of HIV testing. Although the generalizability of the HIV seroprevalence rate is unclear, it is probable that the correlates of HIV seropositivity are generalizable to the total sample. The results of this study indicate the importance of interventions that target sexual risk behavior among out-of-treatment drug users, and of assessing the impact of self-selection bias whenever the rate and correlates of HIV seropositivity are examined. |
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