应对风暴:在COVID-19大流行期间,注射器服务计划法律和人类免疫缺陷病毒
Hannah Jackson1, Christopher Dunphy2, Mary Blain Grist2,3
1Division of HIV Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
|November 10, 2023
概括
支持注射器服务计划 (SSP) 的州法律与在COVID-19大流行期间医疗补助入学者中艾滋病毒诊断的减少有关. 不那么严格的SSP法律可以帮助减轻艾滋病毒的传播,特别是在弱势群体中.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 注射器服务计划 (SSP) 为注射毒品的人提供减少伤害的服务.
- 在SSP上存在不同的州法律,在COVID-19大流行期间对它们对艾滋病毒传播的影响的理解有限.
- 疫情期间毒品使用增加凸显了研究SSP立法对艾滋病毒传播的影响的必要性.
研究的目的:
- 检查国家注射器服务计划 (SSP) 法律与艾滋病毒传播率之间的联系.
- 在COVID-19大流行爆发之前和之后,分析医疗补助人口中的这些关联.
主要方法:
- 从转换的医疗补助统计信息系统 (2019-2020) 中利用行政索赔数据来进行每个月的艾滋病毒诊断.
- 从处方药滥用政策系统收集了有关州SSP法律的数据.
- 采用事件研究设计来评估关联,控制非药物干预和固定效应.
主要成果:
- 有法律允许SSP的州每10万名医疗补助计划注册人每月的艾滋病毒诊断人数减少0.54至1.18.
- 这些积极影响是在COVID-19大流行开始后的9个月内观察到的.
- 受艾滋病毒影响不成比例的子组,包括男性和非西班牙裔黑人医疗补助计划入学者,显示出最显著的影响.
结论:
- 在疫情期间,不那么严格的SSP法律可能在减轻医疗补助人口中艾滋病毒传播方面发挥了作用.
- 政策制定者应该考虑实施不那么严格的SSP法律,以应对注射毒品使用和随后的艾滋病毒传播的潜在增加.
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