TY - JOUR
T1 - Deprivation and AIDS in a southern European city
T2 - Different patterns across transmission group
AU - Brugal, M. Teresa
AU - Borrell, Carme
AU - Díaz-Quijano, Estela
AU - Pasarín, M. Isabel
AU - García-Olalla, Patricia
AU - Villalbí, Joan R.
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - Objective: To analyse deprivation and AIDS among three AIDS transmission groups (men who have sex with men - MSM, heterosexuals, and intravenous drug users - IDUs) in Barcelona, Spain, during the period 1990-95. Methods: This is an ecological study, the unit of analysis being the neighbourhoods. Included were AIDS cases residents in Barcelona. The association among AIDS rate and deprivation was studied using Spearman correlation coefficients and Poisson regression. Results: For MSM, inner city neighbourhood residence meant a greater risk of AIDS; but lower educational level was inversely related with AIDS rates. For heterosexuals, variables related with AIDS rates were younger age, inner city areas and social unrest for women, and extreme poverty for men. Among UDIs variables related with AIDS were unemployment and social unrest for both sexes. Conclusion: The association between AIDS rates and deprivation differs across transmission groups in a southern European city.
AB - Objective: To analyse deprivation and AIDS among three AIDS transmission groups (men who have sex with men - MSM, heterosexuals, and intravenous drug users - IDUs) in Barcelona, Spain, during the period 1990-95. Methods: This is an ecological study, the unit of analysis being the neighbourhoods. Included were AIDS cases residents in Barcelona. The association among AIDS rate and deprivation was studied using Spearman correlation coefficients and Poisson regression. Results: For MSM, inner city neighbourhood residence meant a greater risk of AIDS; but lower educational level was inversely related with AIDS rates. For heterosexuals, variables related with AIDS rates were younger age, inner city areas and social unrest for women, and extreme poverty for men. Among UDIs variables related with AIDS were unemployment and social unrest for both sexes. Conclusion: The association between AIDS rates and deprivation differs across transmission groups in a southern European city.
KW - Deprivation
KW - Epidemiological methods
KW - Transmission groups
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U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/13.3.259
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/13.3.259
M3 - Article
C2 - 14533730
AN - SCOPUS:0141513961
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 13
SP - 259
EP - 261
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
IS - 3
ER -