title: Correlates of HIV testing and receipt of test results in addiction health services in Los Angeles County.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  HIV testing and receipt of HIV test results among individuals with substance use disorders is less than optimal. We examined rates and correlates of HIV testing and receipt of test results in one of the largest public addiction health services systems in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 139,516 adult clients in treatment between 2006 and 2011. We used logistic regression models to examine associations between predisposing, enabling, and need factors and two dependent variables, HIV testing rates and receipt of test results. Associations were considered statistically significance at p < .01.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that 64% of clients reported being tested for HIV, of whom 85% reported receiving their test results. Likelihood of being tested was positively associated with being female, a minority, homeless, employed, having prior treatment episodes, comorbidities, injection drug use, or a history of mental illness. It was negatively associated with alcohol or marijuana as primary drug. Receipt of test results was more likely among clients on medication (methadone or buprenorphine) or whose method of drug use was smoking, inhalation, or injecting; it was less likely among older clients and those with more outpatient psychiatric visits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings from this study may inform strategies and targeting of population groups to improve HIV testing practices and ultimately increase awareness of infection status among clients of addiction health services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA. jf2584@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Jemima A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Frimpong
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 655 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA. erickgue@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Erick G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 655 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA. yinfeiko@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Yinfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, 1000 South Fremont Avenue, Building A-9 East, Alhambra, CA, 91803, USA. gtsai@ph.lacounty.gov.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*