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A Comparison of Men Who Have Sex with Men, People Who Inject Drugs and High-Risk Heterosexuals' Risk for HIV Infection, San Francisco.
Raymond, H F; Ick, T O; Chen, Y-H.
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  • Raymond HF; San Francisco Department of Public Health, 25 Van Ness, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94102, USA. Hfisher.raymond@sfdph.org.
  • Ick TO; San Francisco Department of Public Health, 25 Van Ness, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94102, USA.
  • Chen YH; San Francisco Department of Public Health, 25 Van Ness, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94102, USA.
AIDS Behav ; 20(2): 417-22, 2016 Feb.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26334446
HIV in the United States is concentrated in populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM), people who inject drugs (PWID), women of color and people living in poverty. These populations are labeled high-risk for HIV infection because of the higher levels of HIV or HIV risk taking behaviors seen in these groups compared to other sub-populations. It is also possible that a group may engage in behaviors that are "high-risk" for HIV infection but never become infected since HIV is not present or not present to a great extent in their social or sexual networks. We analyzed samples of MSM, PWID and high-risk heterosexuals (HRH) collected through the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system in San Francisco to examine HIV risk taking and HIV burden to determine if the label "high-risk" is appropriately applied. NHBS samples MSM using time location sampling and PWID and HRH using Respondent Driven Sampling. We sampled 508 MSM in 2011, 570 PWID in 2012 and 267 HRH in 2013. There were, as expected, differences in demographic characteristics across the three groups. HRH had a greater number of high-risk behaviors compared to MSM and PWID but had the lowest HIV prevalence. Focusing on risk behavior alone to label populations without considering the background HIV prevalence in communities, the types of risks engaged in and actual HIV infections may obscure which populations truly merit the label "high-risk" for HIV infection.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Asunción de Riesgos / Abuso de Sustancias por Vía Intravenosa / Homosexualidad Masculina / Heterosexualidad / Consumidores de Drogas Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: AIDS Behav Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO / SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Asunción de Riesgos / Abuso de Sustancias por Vía Intravenosa / Homosexualidad Masculina / Heterosexualidad / Consumidores de Drogas Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: AIDS Behav Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO / SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos