HIV/STI Prevalence Study Among Military Conscripts in Estonia

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：R. David Parker (1)
  Michael Regier (1)
  Joseph Widmeyer (1)
  Kristi R眉眉tel (2)
  
  1. West Virginia University ; School of Public Health ; Morgantown ; WV ; USA
  2. Estonian National Institute for Health Development ; Tallinn ; Estonia
  
• 关键词：HIV ; STI ; Military personnel ; Estonia ; High risk behaviors
• 刊名：Journal of Community Health
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：April 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：40
• 期：2
• 页码：271-275
• 全文大小：157 KB
• 参考文献：1. Anastario, M, Manzanero, R, Blanco, R, Reyes, E, Jaramillo, R, Black, L, Chun, H (2011) HIV infection, sexual risk behaviour and condom use in the Belize defense force. International Journal of STD and AIDS 22: pp. 73-79 CrossRef
  Sexually transmitted infections, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000鈥?012. MSMR 20: pp. 5-10
  2. Brown, AE, Ross, DA, Simpson, AJ, Erskine, RS, Murphy, G, Parry, JV, Gill, ON (2011) Prevalence of markers for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection in UK military recruits. Epidemiology and Infection 139: pp. 1166-1171 CrossRef
  3. Chlamydia Control in Europe. (2009). / European centre for disease prevention and control. Stockholm. Retrieved October, 2010 from http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications.
  4. Chun, H, Tavarez, MI, Dann, GE, Anastario, MP (2011) Interviewer gender and self-reported sexual behavior and mental health among male military personnel. International Journal of Public Health 56: pp. 225-229 CrossRef
  5. Institute of Medicine. (2013). / Substance use disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
  6. Estonian Statistical Database. (2011). Retrieved December 12, 2012 from Statistics Estonia.
  7. Feldbaum, H, Lee, K, Patel, P (2006) The national security implications of HIV/AIDS. PLoS Medicine 3: pp. e171 CrossRef
  8. Harbertson, J., Grillo, M., Zimulinda, E., Murego, C., Brodine, S., May, S., et al. (2012). HIV seroprevalence, associated risk behavior, and alcohol use among male Rwanda Defense Forces military personnel. / AIDS and Behavior, 1鈥?2. doi:10.1007/s10461-012-0343-6 .
  9. Hasse, B, Ledergerber, B, Hirschel, B, Vernazza, P, Glass, TR, Jeannin, A (2010) Frequency and determinants of unprotected sex among HIV-infected persons: The Swiss HIV cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 51: pp. 1314-1322 CrossRef
  10. Parker, RD, Ruutel, K (2010) A surveillance report of HIV status and high risk behaviors among rapid testing participants in Tallinn Estonia. AIDS Behavior 15: pp. 761-766 CrossRef
  11. Platt, L, Bobrova, N, Rhodes, T, Uuskula, A, Parry, JV, Ruutel, K, Judd, A (2006) High HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in Estonia: Implications for understanding the risk environment. AIDS 20: pp. 2120-2123 CrossRef
  12. Romelsjo, A, Allebeck, P, Andreasson, S, Leifman, A (2012) Alcohol, mortality and cardiovascular events in a 35聽year follow-up of a nationwide representative cohort of 50,000 Swedish conscripts up to age 55. Alcohol and Alcohol 47: pp. 322-327 CrossRef
  13. R眉眉tel, K., Trummal, A., Saleke拧in, M., & Pervilhac, C. (2011). / HIV epidemic in Estonia: Analysis of strategic information. http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-publish/abstracts/hiv-epidemic-in-estonia-analysis-of-strategic-information.-case-study.
  14. Singer, DE, Bautista, CT, O鈥機onnell, RJ, Sanders-Buell, E, Agan, BK, Kijak, GH, Hakre, S, Sanchez, JL, Sateren, WB, McCutchan, FE, Michael, NL, Scott, PT (2010) HIV infection among US Army and Air Force military personnel: Sociodemographic and genotyping analysis. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 26: pp. 889-894 CrossRef
  15. Spaulding, AB, Lifson, AR, Iverson, ER, Ganesan, A, Landrum, ML, Weintrob, AC, Agan, BK, Bavaro, MF, O鈥機onnell, RJ, Macalino, GE (2012) Gonorrhoea or chlamydia in a US military HIV-positive cohort. Sexually Transmitted Infections.
  
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Public Health
  Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  Ethics
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-3610

文摘

Risk taking behavior and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) research outcomes vary among militaries. A common theme indicates STI prevalence and risk taking among military personnel is higher than the general population. Alcohol and drug misuse is well documented. From these behaviors, high-risk sexual encounters increase. Exploring STI prevalence, knowledge, and risk behaviors among conscripted military forces, we recruited 584 conscripts from a defense force in Eastern Europe. The observed STI prevalence in the young, male conscripts was equal or less than their non-conscripted counterparts. Military entry screenings could reduce STIs, creating a healthier population. However, these findings remain informative as the notion of high STI rates among military forces is not supported. As this study was one of the first of its type in the region, it demonstrates the ability of a nation to secure their defense forces against HIV/STIs even in the face of increased prevalence within that nation.