Few Italian drug users undergo HIV testing.
AIDS Behav
; 15(4): 711-7, 2011 May.
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| ID: mdl-19806446
ABSTRACT
We estimated the proportion of drug users at treatment centres in Italy who had undergone HIV testing and the correlates of testing. Of the 1,917 drug injectors, 37.4% had been tested in the current year; of the 665 non-injectors, 28% had been tested. Among injectors, testing was associated with being older than 35, foreign nationality, residing in central Italy, drug use for over 2 years, and having undergone both pharmacological and psychological treatment. Among non-injectors, an association was found for foreign nationality and not having been treated at other facilities. The results stress the need to facilitate access to testing.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sorodiagnóstico da AIDS
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Infecções por HIV
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
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Usuários de Drogas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article