Historique
Périodique
Factors associated with frequent and infrequent HIV testing
(Facteurs associés à la fréquence et à la rareté du dépistage du VIH)
Auteur(s) :
BROWN, B. S. ;
O'GRADY, K. E. ;
FARRELL, E. V. ;
FLECHNER, I. S. ;
NURCO, D. N.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
1593-1609
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
44
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
DEPISTAGE
;
VIH
;
PREVENTION
;
POPULATION A RISQUE
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
;
DANGER
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2001, 36, (12), 1593-1609
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Drug user treatment clients with 5 or more HIV tests (frequent testees-N=43) and 0-2 HIV tests (infrequent testees-N=56) were compared on demographic characteristics, risk behaviors, perceived risk of HIV infection to self, involvement with family members, and psychological functioning. Extreme groups of HIV testees did not differ on any variables other than an index of perceived vulnerability to HIV infection (e.g., " You think that you really could get AIDS"). That measure of felt vulnerability was not correlated significantly with needle or sexual risk behaviors, family involvement, psychological functioning or other measures of perceived risk. It was reasoned that, in a community in which both dangers and protective behaviors are widely understood, frequent testees experience a generalized and heightened concern unrelated to specific behaviors or characteristics. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Friends Research Inst., 1229 West Mt. Royal Ave., Baltimore, Maryland 21217.E-mail : brownb@uncwill.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.