Association between Macroscopic-factors and Identified HIV/AIDS Cases among Injecting Drug Users： An Analysis Using Geographically Weighted Regression Model

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 （AIDSJ among injecting drug users （IDUs）[1]. Previous studies have proven that needles or cottons sharing during drug inje...

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Published in:Biomedical and environmental sciences 2014-04, Vol.27 (4), p.311-318
Main Authors: XING, Jian Nan, GUO, Wei, QIAN, Sha Sha, DING, Zheng Wei, CHEN, Fang Fang, PENG, Zhi Hang, QIN, Qian Qian, WANG, Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIDS
China - epidemiology
Drug Users - statistics & numerical data
Geography, Medical
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - transmission
Humans
Injections - adverse effects
Models, Statistical
Principal Component Analysis
Regression Analysis
Socioeconomic Factors
Spatial Analysis
加权回归模型
吸毒者
因子和
宏观
注射过程
病例
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Summary: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 （AIDSJ among injecting drug users （IDUs）[1]. Previous studies have proven that needles or cottons sharing during drug injection were major risk factors for HIV/AIDS transmission at the personal level[z4]. 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[1]. 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.
ISSN:0895-3988
2214-0190
DOI:10.3967/bes2014.055