title: Few Italian drug users undergo HIV testing.
abstract: We estimated the proportion of drug users at treatment centres in Italy who had undergone HIV testing and the correlates of testing. Of the 1,917 drug injectors, 37.4% had been tested in the current year; of the 665 non-injectors, 28% had been tested. Among injectors, testing was associated with: being older than 35, foreign nationality, residing in central Italy, drug use for over 2 years, and having undergone both pharmacological and psychological treatment. Among non-injectors, an association was found for foreign nationality and not having been treated at other facilities. The results stress the need to facilitate access to testing.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy. laura.camoni@iss.it
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camoni
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Federico
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Regine
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Salfa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canuzzi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magliocchetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rezza
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suligoi
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult