Open AccessHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural West Virginia
Author(s) -
Sean T. Allen,
Suzanne M. Grieb,
Rebecca Hamilton White,
Allison O’Rourke,
Michael E. Kilkenny,
Christopher M. Jones,
Carl A. Latkin,
Susan G. Sherman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiz598
Subject(s) - medicine , heroin , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , demography , appalachia , gerontology , family medicine , drug , psychiatry , paleontology , sociology , biology
Limited research exists on factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural America. The purpose of this research is to identify factors associated with rural PWID in Appalachia having not been tested for HIV in the past year.