title: [Structural determinants in countries with decreased prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection between 2001 and 2011].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study aims analyze and compare structural features in order to establish a model about the decline in HIV/AIDS infection (greater than or equal to 25 %) in twenty-two countries between 2001 and 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective cohort focused on social determinants of health perspective. The methodology was mainly documentary (epidemic behavior) and quantitative (simple linear regression model for economic and health variables).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The major indicators that influence the decrease in the prevalence of HIV are: GDP per capita, health expenditure per capita and the Gini index
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Structural determinants, as well as inequities, may or not influence the decrease in prevalence of HIV. This hypothesis could be applied to other public health issues.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, eprietos@unal.edu.co.
authors.forename: Daira N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Escobar-Leguízamo
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, eprietos@unal.edu.co.
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prieto-Suárez
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, eprietos@unal.edu.co.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Estrada-Montoya
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors