scholarly journals Associations Between Availability and Coverage of HIV-Prevention Measures and Subsequent Incidence of Diagnosed HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users

2009 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Wiessing ◽  
Giedrius Likatavičius ◽  
Danica Klempová ◽  
Dagmar Hedrich ◽  
Anthony Nardone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Prevention Measures

Communities in Conflict: The Struggle for AIDS Prevention

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Shaw ◽  
Merrill Singer
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Syringe Exchange ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
Health Council

While syringe exchange has been internationally promoted as an effective means of reducing HIV risk among injection drug users, it remains one of the most controversial HIV prevention measures available [McCoy et al. 1997, Singer 1994, Broadhead et al. 1999]. Syringe exchange is the provision of sterile syringes and risk reduction services in exchange for used syringes turned in by injection drug users. The Hispanic Health Council (HHC) became involved in work on syringe exchange during the early 1990s, and played a role as an advocacy organization in getting Connecticut state approval for the Hartford Syringe Exchange Program, in organizing the Hartford Syringe Exchange, and in evaluating the program (Singer 2001). This paper uses the debate over syringe exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts, as a case study of the dynamics of community opposition to syringe exchange programs and the role anthropologists have played in shaping and contributing to that debate. If one of our goals as researchers is the direct translation of research into policy recommendations and initiatives, then it is incumbent on us to participate in those forums in which policy is being debated and to contribute our data and insights to public understandings of the costs and benefits of HIV prevention programs such as syringe exchange. We further argue that anthropologists are especially well-equipped to understand community opposition through our long-term immersion in communities using ethnographic methods and culturally informed analysis.

HIV Prevention for Active Injection Drug Users

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel A. Macmaster ◽  
Bethany G. Womack
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug

Law enforcement influences on HIV prevention for injection drug users:

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore M. Hammett ◽  
Nicholas A. Bartlett ◽  
Yi Chen ◽  
Doan Ngu ◽  
Dao Dinh Cuong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug

scholarly journals Prevalence of hepatitis C virus and HIV infection among injection drug users in two Mexican cities bordering the U.S

2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Faye White ◽  
Richard S. Garfein ◽  
Kimberly C Brouwer ◽  
Remedios Lozada ◽  
Rebeca Ramos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals A Brief Screening Tool to Assess the Risk of Contracting HIV Infection Among Active Injection Drug Users

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn K. Smith ◽  
Yi Pan ◽  
Charles E. Rose ◽  
Sherri L. Pals ◽  
Shruti H. Mehta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Brief Screening

scholarly journals Prevention of HIV Infection in Street-Recruited Injection Drug Users

2000 ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar R. Monterroso ◽  
Merle E. Hamburger ◽  
David Vlahov ◽  
Don C. Des Jarlais ◽  
Lawrence J. Ouellet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Prevention Of Hiv
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