Spatial characteristics of men who have sex with men and transgender women attending HIV voluntary counselling and testing in Bangkok, Thailand, 2005–2015
| Autor: | Kevin Weiss, Samart Karuchit, Sarika Pattanasin, Anupong Chitwarakorn, Wipas Wimonsate, Jirawat Suksamosorn, Prin Visavakum, Wichuda Sukwicha, Chaiwat Ungsedhapand, Eileen F. Dunne, Timothy H. Holtz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Geospatial Health, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1827-1987 1970-7096 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/gh.2020.790 |
| Popis: | Spatiotemporal analyses can support Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) prevention programmes by identifying locations of at-risk populations in space and time, and their proximity to HIV testing and prevention services. We assessed residential proximity to HIV testing venues for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transgender Women (TGW) attending Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) at a large urban MSM clinic in Bangkok, Thailand in the period 2005–2015. We mapped clientprovided spatial data and HIV testing venues, calculating distance from residence to venues for VCT clients between i) September 2005–December 2009; ii) January 2010–September 2013; and iii) October 2013–May 2015. We assessed spatial characteristics across times, evaluating autocorrelation of HIV prevalence and visit density using Moran’s I. Among 8,758 first-time VCT clients reporting geographic information from 2005–2015 (by period: 2737, 3917, 2104), 1329 (15.2%) lived in postal codes ≤5 km from the clinic. Over time, the proportion living in areas covered by Bangkok postal codes ≤2 km from any MSM HIV testing venue increased from 12.6% to 41.0% (p |
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