Willingness of Chinese injection drug users to participate in HIV vaccine trials

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 762 - 768
• Main Authors: Yin, Lu, Zhang, Yuanzhi, Qian, Han-Zhu, Rui, Baoling, Zhang, Lijiang, Zhu, Junling, Guan, Yongsheng, Wang, Yunxia, Li, Qingchun, Ruan, Yuhua, Shao, Yiming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 06.02.2008; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; AIDS; AIDS Vaccines; Allergy and Immunology; Applied microbiology; Biological and medical sciences; China; Clinical trial; Clinical trials; Clinical Trials as Topic; Confidence intervals; Counseling; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug use; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; HIV; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV vaccine; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Injection; Injection drug users; Knowledge; Male; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Needle Sharing; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Questionnaires; Regression Analysis; Risk-Taking; Sexual Behavior; Sexually transmitted diseases; STD; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Vaccines; Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects); Virology; Willingness to participate; Asia; China; Clinical trial; Willingness to participate; China; HIV vaccine; Injection drug users; Virus; Drug addiction; Retroviridae; Vaccine; Human immunodeficiency virus; Lentivirus

Summary Background Chinese injection drug users (IDUs) may be a proper candidate population for HIV vaccine trials. Objective To evaluate willingness to participate (WTP) in HIV vaccine trials among Chinese IDUs. Methods Questionnaire interviews were completed among 401 IDUs in Urumqi City in northw...