HIV Test Avoidance Among People Who Inject Drugs in Thailand

Case identification is a key component of HIV prevention efforts; yet rates of HIV testing remain low in some settings. We explored factors associated with HIV test avoidance among people who inject drugs (IDU) in Thailand. Between July and October 2011, 350 Thai IDU participated in the study. In bi...

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Autores principales: Ti, Lianping, Hayashi, Kanna, Kaplan, Karyn, Suwannawong, Paisan, Wood, Evan, Montaner, Julio, Kerr, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2012
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3742418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23117574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0347-2
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author Ti, Lianping
Hayashi, Kanna
Kaplan, Karyn
Suwannawong, Paisan
Wood, Evan
Montaner, Julio
Kerr, Thomas
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description Case identification is a key component of HIV prevention efforts; yet rates of HIV testing remain low in some settings. We explored factors associated with HIV test avoidance among people who inject drugs (IDU) in Thailand. Between July and October 2011, 350 Thai IDU participated in the study. In bivariate analyses, male gender, high intensity drug use, syringe sharing, increased police presence, and being refused healthcare services were positively associated with HIV test avoidance, while ever receiving a hepatitis C test was negatively associated. Our findings highlight the need for interventions to reduce stigma in this setting.
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spelling pubmed-37424182013-08-14 HIV Test Avoidance Among People Who Inject Drugs in Thailand Ti, Lianping Hayashi, Kanna Kaplan, Karyn Suwannawong, Paisan Wood, Evan Montaner, Julio Kerr, Thomas AIDS Behav Brief Report Case identification is a key component of HIV prevention efforts; yet rates of HIV testing remain low in some settings. We explored factors associated with HIV test avoidance among people who inject drugs (IDU) in Thailand. Between July and October 2011, 350 Thai IDU participated in the study. In bivariate analyses, male gender, high intensity drug use, syringe sharing, increased police presence, and being refused healthcare services were positively associated with HIV test avoidance, while ever receiving a hepatitis C test was negatively associated. Our findings highlight the need for interventions to reduce stigma in this setting. Springer US 2012-10-23 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3742418/ /pubmed/23117574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0347-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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