HIV/AIDS

Researchers at University of California target HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 23rd, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "A biopsychosocial perspective is employed to assess associations among situational and psychosocial variables related to health, health care, and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors among 479 homeless men (aged 18-64 years). Poor health was not significantly associated with sexual risk behaviors and was only modestly associated with injection drug use (IDU)."

"Health care was not significantly associated with sexual risk behavior or IDU. HIV/AIDS risk behaviors were highly associated with homelessness severity and posttraumatic stress disorder. IDU was significantly associated with greater emotional distress and was more likely...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-03-23)

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