Homelessness and Other Risk Factors for HIV Infection in the Current Outbreak Among Injection Drug Users in Athens, Greece

Objectives. We examined HIV prevalence and risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Athens, Greece, during an HIV outbreak. Methods. We used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit 1404 IDUs to the Aristotle intervention in August to October 2012. We interviewed participants and tested...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-01, Vol.105 (1), p.196-204
Main Authors: Sypsa, Vana, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Malliori, Meni, Nikolopoulos, Georgios K, Panopoulos, Anastasios, Kantzanou, Maria, Katsoulidou, Antigoni, Psichogiou, Mina, Fotiou, Anastasios, Pharris, Anastasia, Van De Laar, Marita, Wiessing, Lucas, Jarlais, Don Des, Friedman, Samuel R, Hatzakis, Angelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Disease transmission
Drugs
Epidemics
Epidemiology
HIV
HIV/AIDS
Homeless people
Homelessness
Human immunodeficiency virus
Incentives
Infections
Informed consent
Intervention
Interviews
Medical tests
Prevention
Public health
Questionnaires
Research and Practice
Risk factors
Sample size
Substance abuse treatment
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Summary:Objectives. We examined HIV prevalence and risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Athens, Greece, during an HIV outbreak. Methods. We used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit 1404 IDUs to the Aristotle intervention in August to October 2012. We interviewed participants and tested for HIV. We performed bivariate and multivariate analyses. Results. Estimated HIV prevalence was 19.8% (RDS-weighted prevalence = 14.8%). Odds of infection were 2.3 times as high in homeless as in housed IDUs and 2.1 times as high among IDUs who injected at least once per day as among less frequent injectors (both, P 
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301656