A Study of Peer Education to Prevent HIV Transmission Among Injection Drug Users and Their HIV Risk Contacts

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Latkin
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Injection Drug

Criminal Law, Policing Policy, and HIV Risk in Female Street Sex Workers and Injection Drug Users

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim M. Blankenship ◽  
Stephen Koester
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
The Social

In public health and the social sciences, there is growing recognition of the role that social context plays in determining health. Frequently, social relations of inequality are among the most important features of social context identified in this work, and emphasis is placed on identifying and addressing these inequalities in order to improve health. Within the field of HIV/AIDS prevention as well, researchers have begun to look beyond individuals for an understanding of the structural causes of HIV-related risk. This research demands that greater attention be paid to the social mechanisms and contextual factors that lead to HIV risk. Among these factors are law and social policy, which form a part of the context in which risk-taking occurs and which can promote both HIV transmission and prevention. On the one hand, laws limiting access to sterile injection equipment have contributed to HIV-related risk behavioxs among injection drug users (IDUS).

Paper summary: The prevalence of additional injection-related HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Koester ◽  
Robert E. Booth ◽  
Yiming Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Risk Behaviors ◽  
Injection Drug

Differences in HIV Risk Behaviors by Gender in a Sample of Tanzanian Injection Drug Users

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L. Williams ◽  
Sheryl A. McCurdy ◽  
John S. Atkinson ◽  
Gad P. Kilonzo ◽  
M. T. Leshabari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Risk Behaviors ◽  
Injection Drug

HIV risk behaviors and alcohol intoxication among injection drug users in Puerto Rico

2004 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomás D. Matos ◽  
Rafaela R. Robles ◽  
Hardeo Sahai ◽  
Hector M. Colón ◽  
Juan C. Reyes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Alcohol Intoxication ◽  
Hiv Risk Behaviors ◽  
Injection Drug

scholarly journals A2 HIV transmission networks among injection drug users in Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francois Cholette ◽  
John Ho ◽  
Hillary McCoubrey ◽  
Kiana Kadivar ◽  
Laura Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Transmission Networks

scholarly journals Correlates of Knowledge of HIV Transmission Among Incident Cases of HIV in a Cohort of Injection Drug Users Receiving Harm Reduction Services at Karachi, Pakistan

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rab Nawaz Samo ◽  
Arshad Altaf ◽  
Sharaf Ali Shah
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
P Value ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Incident Cases

Background: Knowledge of risk factors for HIV transmission in high-risk population plays a critical role in averting the risk of HIV transmission. In Pakistan, injection drug users (IDUs) constitute the core risk group of HIV prevalence, where the epidemic has transitioned to a “concentrated level.” Still nothing is known about the role of knowledge in HIV transmission and HIV sero-conversion among IDUs in Pakistan. Methods: From 2009 to 2011, a nested case–control study was conducted in a cohort of 636 IDUs receiving harm reduction services in the mega city of Karachi. Results: In multivariable regression analysis, 3 factors, namely HIV does not spread through unprotected sex (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 3.1, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.39-6.90, P value .01), HIV does not transmit by sharing syringes (AOR: 3.5, 95% CI 1.97-6.40, P value <.00), and the risk of HIV cannot be minimized by using new syringe every time (AOR: 2.0, 95% CI 1.16-3.60, P value .01), were significantly associated with the incident cases of HIV. Conclusion: The study findings suggest the association between knowledge of HIV transmission and HIV sero-incident cases.

Collateral damage in the war on drugs: HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users

1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
RickyN. Bluthenthal ◽  
Jennifer Lorvick ◽  
AlexH. Kral ◽  
ElizabethA. Erringer ◽  
JamesG. Kahn
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
Hiv Risk Behaviors ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Collateral Damage

scholarly journals HIV Risk, Health, and Social Characteristics of Sexual Minority Female Injection Drug Users in Baltimore

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1361-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle German ◽  
Carl A. Latkin
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Social Characteristics

Psychopathology and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users in and out of treatment

1996 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Dinwiddie ◽  
Linda Cottler ◽  
Wilson Compton ◽  
Arbi Ben Abdallah
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Risk Behaviors ◽  
Injection Drug
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