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- Title
Self-Reported HIV and HCV Screening Rates and Serostatus Among Substance Abuse Treatment Patients.
- Authors
Hernández, Diana; Feaster, Daniel; Gooden, Lauren; Douaihy, Antoine; Mandler, Raul; Erickson, Sarah; Kyle, Tiffany; Haynes, Louise; Schwartz, Robert; Das, Moupali; Metsch, Lisa
- Abstract
Substance users are at increased risk for HIV and HCV infection. Still, many substance use treatment programs (SUTP) fail to offer HIV/HCV testing. The present secondary analysis of screening data from a multi-site randomized trial of rapid HIV testing examines self-reported HIV/HCV testing patterns and serostatus of 2473 SUTP patients in 12 community-based sites that had not previously offered on-site testing. Results indicate that most respondents screened for the randomized trial tested more than a year prior to intake for HIV (52 %) and HCV (38 %). Prevalence rates were 3.6 and 30 % for HIV and HCV, respectively. The majority of participants that were HIV (52.2 %) and HCV-positive (40.5 %) reported having been diagnosed within the last 1-5 years. Multivariable logistic regression showed that members of high-risk groups were more likely to have tested. Bundled HIV/HCV testing and linkage to care issues are recommended for expanding testing in community-based SUTP settings.
- Subjects
HIV infection risk factors; SUBSTANCE abuse &; psychology; COMMUNITY health services; PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons; MEDICAL screening; MULTIVARIATE analysis; SELF-evaluation; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DISEASE prevalence; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 1, p204
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-015-1074-2