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HIV-positive out-of-treatment drug users who are unaware of their HIV status : predictors of who gets tested and who returns for test results
(Usagers de drogues séropositifs hors traitement, ignorant de leur statut sérologique VIH : prédicteurs de ceux qui pratiquent un test et de ceux qui vont chercher le résultat)
Auteur(s) :
STRAUSS, S. M. ;
DEREN, S. ;
RINDSKOPF D. ;
FALKIN, G. P.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
1017-1032
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
26
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
USAGER
;
SEROPOSITIVITE
;
VIH
;
DEPISTAGE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2002, 32, 1017-1032
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Many HIV positive drug users are unaware that they have the virus, either because they never obtained testing for HIV or because They submitted a biological specimen for testing but never returned to obtain the result of the test. Using data collected from a large multi-site sample of out-of treatment HIV positive drug users (N=Y,544), we identify a variety of socio-demographic characteristics and drug use and sexual risk behaviors that differentiate HIV positive individuals who had obtained HIV Testing in the past and those who had not and, among those who had been Tested, what differentiates individuals who had returned to obtain their HIV test results and those who had failed to return. Results of the analyses suggest that there is a need to target different subgroups of high risk drug users for interventions to obtain HIV testing as compared with those that need encouragement to obtain the results of this testing. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Ctr Drug Use and HIV Res., Natl Dev. Res. Inst
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.