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POSTER PRESENTATION Open AccessHIV risk in an urban American populationJosephine F WilsonFrom 17th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases (ISHEID)Marseille, France. 23-25 May 2012IntroductionInvestigations of specialized populations in the UnitedStates have revealed multiple risk behaviors for HIVinfections. Identification of significant risk factors forspecific populations enables tailoring interventions topopulations. The present study examined risk behaviorsin a general urban population in order to determine theneed for HIV interventions in subgroups of the generalpopulation.Materials and methodsHIV testing tied to a small remuneration was offered toadults in a small city in Ohio. Testing was conducted inchurches, public health sites, and in a van that was parkedat various public housing sites. A total of 3,290 individualswere tested for HIV. At the time of testing, demographicand risk behavior data were collected. Data were analyzedusing logistic regression to determine the populationsmost at risk for HIV infection in this large sample of poorurban residents.ResultsThe sample tested ranged in age from 18 to 85 years, was80.2% Black and 18.8% Caucasian, and 43.6% male. Alto-gether, 0.4% of the sample tested was HIV positive. Inthis largely African American sample, 77.3% admitted tocondom use, 4.9% had sex with an intravenous drug user(IDU), 4.2% used intravenous drugs, 2.1% had sex with aMSM, and 11.4% had sex with 3 or more partners in thepast 30 days. Logistic regression indicated significantassociations between a positive HIV test and having sexwith a MSM, no condom use, being an IDU, having sexwith an IDU, and having sex with someone who is HIVpositive. Odd ratios were calculated for each of the iden-tified significant risk factors.ConclusionsThese data indicate where intervention efforts areneeded in our community. Studies of this sort enablepublic health administrators to conserve valuable pre-vention funds by targeting interventions to populationsat greatest risk. This study revealed that, in this largelyAfrican American population, men and women wereequally at risk for HIV, thus mandating the developmentof HIV interventions for men and women in this urbanpopulation.Published: 25 May 2012doi:10.1186/1742-4690-9-S1-P99Cite this article as: Wilson: HIV risk in an urban American population.Retrovirology 2012 9(Suppl 1):P99.Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission• Thorough peer review• No space constraints or color figure charges• Immediate publication on acceptance• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar• Research which is freely available for redistributionSubmit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submitCorrespondence: josephine.wilson@wright.eduBoonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Kettering Oh, USAWilson Retrovirology 2012, 9(Suppl 1):P99http://www.retrovirology.com/content/9/S1/P99© 2012 Wilson; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative CommonsAttribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction inany medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access
HIV risk in an urban American population
Josephine F Wilson
From 17th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases (ISHEID)
Marseille, France. 23-25 May 2012
Introduction
Investigations of specialized populations in the United
States have revealed multiple risk behaviors for HIV
infections. Identification of significant risk factors for
specific populations enables tailoring interventions to
populations. The present study examined risk behaviors
in a general urban population in order to determine the
need for HIV interventions in subgroups of the general
population.
Materials and methods
HIV testing tied to a small remuneration was offered to
adults in a small city in Ohio. Testing was conducted in
churches, public health sites, and in a van that was parked
at various public housing sites. A total of 3,290 individuals
were tested for HIV. At the time of testing, demographic
and risk behavior data were collected. Data were analyzed
using logistic regression to determine the populations
most at risk for HIV infection in this large sample of poor
urban residents.
Results
The sample tested ranged in age from 18 to 85 years, was
80.2% Black and 18.8% Caucasian, and 43.6% male. Alto-
gether, 0.4% of the sample tested was HIV positive. In
this largely African American sample, 77.3% admitted to
condom use, 4.9% had sex with an intravenous drug user
(IDU), 4.2% used intravenous drugs, 2.1% had sex with a
MSM, and 11.4% had sex with 3 or more partners in the
past 30 days. Logistic regression indicated significant
associations between a positive HIV test and having sex
with a MSM, no condom use, being an IDU, having sex
with an IDU, and having sex with someone who is HIV
positive. Odd ratios were calculated for each of the iden-
tified significant risk factors.
Conclusions
These data indicate where intervention efforts are
needed in our community. Studies of this sort enable
public health administrators to conserve valuable pre-
vention funds by targeting interventions to populations
at greatest risk. This study revealed that, in this largely
African American population, men and women were
equally at risk for HIV, thus mandating the development
of HIV interventions for men and women in this urban
population.
Published: 25 May 2012
doi:10.1186/1742-4690-9-S1-P99
Cite this article as: Wilson: HIV risk in an urban American population.
Retrovirology 2012 9(Suppl 1):P99.
Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central
and take full advantage of: 
• Convenient online submission
• Thorough peer review
• No space constraints or color figure charges
• Immediate publication on acceptance
• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar
• Research which is freely available for redistribution
Submit your manuscript at 
www.biomedcentral.com/submitCorrespondence: josephine.wilson@wright.edu
Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Kettering Oh, USA
Wilson Retrovirology 2012, 9(Suppl 1):P99
http://www.retrovirology.com/content/9/S1/P99
© 2012 Wilson; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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