Association between macroscopic-factors and identified HIV/AIDS cases among injecting drug users: an analysis using geographically weighted regression model / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
;
(12): 311-318, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-270599
ABSTRACT
Drug use (DU), particularly injecting drug use (IDU) has been the main route of transmission and spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among injecting drug users (IDUs). Previous studies have proven that needles or cottons sharing during drug injection were major risk factors for HIV/AIDS transmission at the personal level. Being a social behavioral issue, HIV/AIDS related risk factors should be far beyond the personal level. Therefore, studies on HIV/AIDS related risk factors should focus not only on the individual factors, but also on the association between HIV/AIDS cases and macroscopic-factors, such as economic status, transportation, health care services, etc. The impact of the macroscopic-factors on HIV/AIDS status might be either positive or negative, which are potentially reflected in promoting, delaying or detecting HIV/AIDS epidemics.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Socioeconomic Factors
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HIV Infections
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China
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Epidemiology
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Regression Analysis
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Models, Statistical
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Principal Component Analysis
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Drug Users
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Spatial Analysis
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Geography, Medical
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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