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Factors associated with HIV seroprevalence among participants enrolling at a needle exchange program
(Facteurs associés à la seroprévalence VIH chez des participants à un programme d'échange de seringues)
Auteur(s) :
VERTEFEUILLE J. ;
STRATHDEE, S. A. ;
HUETTNER S. ;
BROWN, M. ;
VLAHOV, D.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
1125-1138
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
28
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
PREVALENCE
;
VIH
;
SEROPOSITIVITE
;
ECHANGE DE SERINGUES
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2002, 32, 1125-1138
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The purpose of this study was to identify HIV risk factors associated with participants who were HIV seropositive at Needle Exchange Program (NEP) entry. A sample of injection drug users (IDUs) who enrolled in an NEP between 1994-1997 were recruited into a prospective study and tested for HIV antibodies. Demographic and recent drug use characteristics were collected. Logistic regression models were constructed to identify factors associated with HIV-seropositive status at NEP entry. Of 811 evaluation participants, 87% were African American, 67% were male, and 30% were HIV seropositive. The multivariate model indicated that daily cocaine injection (Adjusted OR (AOR)=1.98), daily speedball injection (AOR=2.36), daily heroin injection (AOR=0.55), cohabitation with someone (AOR=0.7), and employment (AOR=0.4) were all significantly associated with HIV seroprevalence at NEP entry (p<0.05). These findings indicate that HIV-seropositive individuals entering NEP practice particularly risky behaviors and are more likely to need help in order to minimize the harm of drugs and HIV infection than their HIV-seronegative counterparts. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Inst. Human Virology, Biotechnol. Inst., Baltimore
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.