scholarly journals High HIV testing and low HIV prevalence among injecting drug users attending the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison M. Salmon ◽  
Ingrid Van Beek ◽  
Janaki Amin ◽  
Andrew Grulich ◽  
Lisa Maher
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Prevalence

Tideline and Turn: Possible Reasons for the Continuing Low HIV Prevalence among Glasgow's Injecting Drug Users

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 738-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bloor ◽  
Martin Frischer ◽  
Avril Taylor ◽  
Robert Covell ◽  
David Goldberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Early Report ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Drug Injectors ◽  
Substantial Risk ◽  
Low Prevalence

This is an early report of data from an on-going, repeated, cross-sectional study of a community sample of Glasgow injecting drug users. Although HIV was first detected among Glasgow's drug injectors in 1985, data from the first two years of our annual samples (1990 and 1991) indicate that HIV prevalence continues to be low in this population, in the order of 1 or 2 per cent. Possible reasons for this apparent continuing low prevalence are examined. It is suggested that substantial risk reduction – reductions in injection equipment-sharing, reductions in numbers of sharing partners and restrictions in social circles of sharing partners – may have been sufficient reasons, in conjunction with limited contributions to near-stabilisation from the disproportionate attrition of the numerator population through death and cessation of injecting.

HIV prevalence and HIV risk behaviour among injecting drug users in London and Glasgow

AIDS Care ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Rhodes ◽  
M. J. Bloor ◽  
M. C. Donoghoe ◽  
S. Haw ◽  
B. Ettore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Prevalence

HIV Prevalence and Frequency of Risk Behavior in Injecting Drug Users Entering Treatment and Out of Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study in Five Italian Cities

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Rezza ◽  
Stefania Salmaso ◽  
Damiano Abeni ◽  
Giovanna Brancato ◽  
Alessandra Anemona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
Male To Female

We conducted a study to describe current patterns of drug-related behaviors, and to identify characteristics that may distinguish injecting drug users entering treatment from those out of treatment, in five Italian cities. Overall, 1,180 subjects were recruited — 568 entering treatment and 612 out of treatment. Male to female ratio was 6.6:1. The median age was similar in the two groups. A high proportion of injecting drug users recruited out of treatment had been in treatment at least once. HIV prevalence among injecting drug users entering treatment was not higher than that of those who were out of treatment. Furthermore, a large proportion of injecting drug users who still were out of treatment reported having adopted safe behaviors. The results of the study emphasize the need to implement outreach programs aimed at harm reduction.

Changes in HIV Prevalence and Risk Among New Injecting Drug Users in a Russian City of High HIV Prevalence

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 623-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Platt ◽  
Tim Rhodes ◽  
Matthew Hickman ◽  
Larissa Mikhailova ◽  
Konstantin Lisetsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Prevalence

scholarly journals What are the factors associated with HIV testing among male injecting and non-injecting drug users in Lashio, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. e002747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Mon Saw ◽  
Junko Yasuoka ◽  
Thu Nandar Saw ◽  
Krishna C Poudel ◽  
Soe Tun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated

Could the CARE-SHAKTI intervention for injecting drug users be maintaining the low HIV prevalence in Dhaka, Bangladesh?

Addiction ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Foss ◽  
Charlotte H. Watts ◽  
Peter Vickerman ◽  
Tasnim Azim ◽  
Lorna Guinness ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Prevalence

HIV testing and unreported HIV positivity among injecting drug users in London

AIDS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 1105-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin C. Donoghoe ◽  
Tim J. Rhodes ◽  
Gillian M. Hunter ◽  
Gerry V. Stimson
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users

HIV testing among injecting drug users in Glasgow

1993 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Covell ◽  
Edward Follett ◽  
Isobel Coote ◽  
Michael Bloor ◽  
Andrew Finlay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users
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