Association between macroscopic-factors and identified HIV/AIDS cases among injecting drug users: an analysis using geographically weighted regression model.
- Author:
Jian Nan XING
1
;
Wei GUO
1
;
Sha Sha QIAN
1
;
Zheng Wei DING
1
;
Fang Fang CHEN
1
;
Zhi Hang PENG
2
;
Qian Qian QIN
1
;
Lu WANG
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: China; epidemiology; Drug Users; statistics & numerical data; Geography, Medical; HIV Infections; epidemiology; transmission; Humans; Injections; adverse effects; Models, Statistical; Principal Component Analysis; Regression Analysis; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Analysis
- From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2014;27(4):311-318
- CountryChina
- Language:English
- 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.
