Open AccessCounty-Level Social Capital and Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States
Author(s) -
Kwame Owusu-Edusei,
Bryttany McClendon-Weary,
Lara Bull,
Thomas L. Gift,
Sevgi O. Aral
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001117
Subject(s) - medicine , gonorrhea , demography , social capital , psychological intervention , environmental health , gerontology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , social science , psychiatry , sociology
The association between county-level social capital indices (SCIs) and the 3 most commonly reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States is lacking. In this study, we determined and examined the association between 2 recently developed county-level SCIs (ie, Penn State Social Capital Index [PSSCI] vs United States Congress Social Capital Index [USCSCI]) and the 3 most commonly reported bacterial STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis) using spatial and nonspatial regression techniques.