Youth and Challenges: Case of Injecting Drug Users in Chhattisgarh

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Archana Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS is one of the major issues emerging as a serious social problems and a challenge to public health system in India. Prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in India is increasing rampantly and for controlling the spreading rate of HIV/AIDS National AIDS Control Organization- NACO launched the TI- Targeted Intervention projects in different phases throughout country in the states of high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS. TI projects intervene with different high risk groups for spreading awareness throughout country with FSWs, MSMs, IDUs, Truckers and Migrants etc. IDUs i.e. Injecting Drug Users are the drug users who intake drugs by injecting themselves, one of the important characteristic of IDUs is that they take drugs in group, sharing of the same syringe in group makes them prone and increases the risk factor of getting infection of HIV/AIDS and other blood related diseases. In Bilaspur numbers of IDUs are increasing day by day, maximum IDUs belongs to age group of 20 to 40 years which is a matter of concern as this group of people constitute youth and adult are considered to be the most productive age/group. Peer pressure and friend circle influence are also contributory factors in increasing the number of youth taking drugs and becoming addict of it. Injecting drugs for IDUs are expensive, because prohibition on supply and public selling of these drugs results in black marketing of it which directly increases the rate of these drugs. IDUs get addict of it and they buy it at any cost due to which their maximum share of income gets spend on it and generates lots of socio-economic problems. This paper is a study based on content analysis, interview, observation and case studies from fields in which highlighting features are to understand the IDUs socio-economic status, their drug seeking behavior, pattern, and risk factor associated with IDUs, impact of it on their life as well as intervention of TI projects.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Practices on HIV/AIDS among Injecting Drug Users

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 62-67
Author(s):  
Subhash Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Use ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Main Route ◽  
Route Of Transmission ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Hiv Aids

Injecting drug use is the main route of transmission of HIV/AIDS. Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) are one of the high risk groups of this infection. This paper describes the knowledge and practice of HIV in injecting drug users based on quantitative data collected from 154 IDUs by interview schedule. It is concluded that the knowledge about HIV/AIDS amongst the injecting drug users is not a problem. The key problem is sharing used syringe by some users to take drugs to fulfill their urgent compulsion. The gap between knowledge and practice causes them to the vulnerability of the problem.Academic Voices, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013, Pages 62-67 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/av.v3i1.9990 

scholarly journals Study On Risk Taking Behavior To HIV/AIDS Among Injecting Drug User's In Easter Region Of Nepal

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Bhatta B ◽  
Shah SD ◽  
Koirala N
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Unsafe Sex ◽  
Unsafe Behavior ◽  
Hiv Aids

Drug abuse is the Universal Problem and Nepal is not the exception. Different study and report have reported high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among the IDUs in Nepal. According to the estimated data, there are eighty thousands drug addicts in Nepal and 50 % of them inject drugs through syringe. In Morang district, there are 1316 reported IDUs and 5000 to 7000 estimated IDUs. To assess the risk talking behavior among IDUs with respect to needle syringe exchange and unprotected sex.Cross sectional study design was applied to study the risk talking behavior among IDUs users in eastern region of Nepal. A non-probability, snowballing sampling technique was adopted. SPSS and Epi-Info was used to analyze the data of the study. Majority of injecting drug users in eastern region were from the age group 21-30 years (62.7 %), unmarried (64.9 %) and living in nuclear family (80 %). Despite of the fact that most of the IDUs were unmarried most of them were sexually active (72.7 %). The study revealed that condom use during sexual intercoursewashigh(87.5%)theconsistentandregularusewaslow(57.5%). SharingofsyringeandreuseofneedlewashighamongtheIDUsi.e.40 % of the respondent. In general the study had revealed that the harm reduction approaches among IDUs were low.The findings suggest that the majority of injecting drug users in eastern region were from the age group 21-30 years, unmarried and living in nuclear family. The study had further highlight that unsafe sex, sharing of syringe and needle and improper cleaning of needle and syringes before sharing is indication of unsafe behavior practices by IDUs. Finally, the study highlighted statistically significant relationship between HIV/AIDS knowledge and uses of condom during sexual intercourse and high rate of syringe sharing among married respondents.

scholarly journals Study on Risk Taking Behavior to HIV/AIDS Among Injecting Drug User’s in a Easter Region of Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Bimala Bhatta ◽  
Sashi Dev Shah ◽  
Nabaraj Koirala
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior ◽  
Hiv Aids

Introduction: Drug abuse is the Universal Problem and Nepal is not the exception. Different study and report have reported high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among the IDUs in Nepal. According to the estimated data, there are eighty thousands drug addicts in Nepal and 50 % of them inject drugs through syringe. In Morang district, there are 1316 reported IDUs and 5000 to 7000 estimated IDUs. Objectives: To assess the risk taking behavior among IDUs with respect to needle syringe exchange and unprotected sex. Methodology: Cross sectional study design was applied to study the risk taking behavior among IDUs users in eastern region of Nepal. A non-probability, snowballing sampling technique was adopted. SPSS and Epi-Info was used to analyze the data of the study. Results: Majority of injecting drug users in eastern region were from the age group 21-30 years (62.7 %), unmarried (64.9 %) and living in nuclear family (80 %). Despite of the fact that most of the IDUs were unmarried most of them were sexually active (72.7 %). The study revealed that condom use during sexual intercourse was high (87.5 %) the consistent and regular use was low (57.5%). Sharing of syringe and reuse of needle was high among the IDUs i.e. 40 % of the respondent. In general the study had revealed that the harm reduction approaches among IDUs were low. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the majority of injecting drug users in eastern region were from the age group 21-30 years, unmarried and living in nuclear family. The study had further highlight that unsafe sex, sharing of syringe and needle and improper cleaning of needle and syringes before sharing is indication of unsafe behavior practices by IDUs. Finally, the study highlighted statistically significant relationship between HIV/AIDS knowledge and uses of condom during sexual intercourse and high rate of syringe sharing among married respondents.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.12233Journal of Nobel Medical CollegeVol. 3, No.1 Issue 6, 2014, Page: 26-30

Sources of Bias in Perception of HIV Risk by Injecting Drug-Users

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Kelaher ◽  
Michael W. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Baseline Rate ◽  
Susceptibility To Infection ◽  
Hiv Aids

The role of bias in assessments of personal susceptibility to threat is a central concept in research on perception of risk. The current study aimed to clarify the association between perceived personal susceptibility to infection with HIV/AIDS and injecting risk behaviour with injecting drug-users' perception of the baseline rate of infection with HIV/AIDS. 1262 injecting drug-users from Australian cities were interviewed. The injecting drug-users were divided into high- and low-risk groups depending on the HIV/AIDS risk associated with their injecting behaviour. Subjects were subdivided into low-, medium-, and high-perceived personal susceptibility groups. Analysis indicated that injecting drug-users in the high-risk group underestimated the prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection relative to those in the low-risk group and that perceived personal susceptibility was rationally related to estimates of the baseline rate of infection.

scholarly journals Study On Risk Taking Behavior To HIV/AIDS Among Injecting Drug User's In Easter Region Of Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhatta B ◽  
Shah SD ◽  
Koirala N
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Unsafe Sex ◽  
Hiv Aids

Drug abuse is the Universal Problem and Nepal is not the exception. Different study and report have reported high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among the IDUs in Nepal. According to the estimated data, there are eighty thousands drug addicts in Nepal and 50 % of them inject drugs through syringe. In Morang district, there are 1316 reported IDUs and 5000 to 7000 estimated IDUs. To assess the risk talking behavior among IDUs with respect to needle syringe exchange and unprotected sex.Cross sectional study design was applied to study the risk talking behavior among IDUs users in eastern region of Nepal. A non-probability, snowballing sampling technique was adopted. SPSS and Epi-Info was used to analyze the data of the study. Majority of injecting drug users in eastern region were from the age group 21-30 years (62.7 %), unmarried (64.9 %) and living in nuclear family (80 %). Despite of the fact that most of the IDUs were unmarried most of them were sexually active (72.7 %). The study revealed that condom use during sexual intercourse was high(87.5%)the consistent and regular use was low(57.5%). Sharing of syringe and reuse of needle was high among the IDUsi.e.40 % of the respondent. In general the study had revealed that the harm reduction approaches among IDUs were low.The findings suggest that the majority of injecting drug users in eastern region were from the age group 21-30 years, unmarried and living in nuclear family. The study had further highlight that unsafe sex, sharing of syringe and needle and improper cleaning of needle and syringes before sharing is indication of unsafe behavior practices by IDUs. Finally, the study highlighted statistically significant relationship between HIV/AIDS knowledge and uses of condom during sexual intercourse and high rate of syringe sharing among married respondents.

scholarly journals Hepatitis C virus: laboratory surveillance in England and Wales, 1992–2004

2006 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. GUNGABISSOON ◽  
M. A. BALOGUN ◽  
M. E. RAMSAY
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
South Asians ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Hepatitis C Infection ◽  
England And Wales

SUMMARYBetween 1992 and 2004, a total of 49 819 confirmed hepatitis C infections have been reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) by laboratories in England and Wales; the annual number of reports increased from 241 in 1991 to 8149 in 2004. Most reports with a known risk factor were in injecting drug users (87%, 12 438/14 221), but 71% (35 598/49 819) of the total had no reported identified risk. The age-sex distribution of the latter cases was similar to that in injecting drug users. Using names to assign ethnicity, individuals with South Asian names had an older age distribution and a different risk factor profile from non-South Asians. Using published age-specific prevalence data from 1996, it was estimated that around 281 764 cases of hepatitis C infection exist in England and Wales, and that only 17% of these cases have been reported to the HPA. Surveillance reports continue to provide important information regarding trends in hepatitis C infection in specific risk groups.

HIV/AIDS among female sex workers, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in Lebanon: results of the first biobehavioral surveys

AIDS ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. S45-S54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziyad Mahfoud ◽  
Rema Afifi ◽  
Sami Ramia ◽  
Danielle El Khoury ◽  
Kassem Kassak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Workers ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Hiv Aids

Syringe-mediated drug-sharing (backloading): a new risk factor for HIV among injecting drug users

AIDS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 1653-1660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benny Jose ◽  
Samuel R. Friedman ◽  
Alan Neaigus ◽  
Richard Curtis ◽  
Jean-Paul C. Grund ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users

UPAYA PENCEGAHAN DAN PENANGGULANGAN HIV/AIDS MELALUI PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SCREENING HIV/AIDS PADA KELOMPOK WANITA BERESIKO DI BELAWAN SUMATERA UTARA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Nur Afi Darti ◽  
Fatwa Imelda
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Human Immune System ◽  
Route Of Transmission ◽  
Hiv Aids

AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a collection of symptoms and infections or commonly called syndromes caused by damage to the human immune system due to the HIV virus, while HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a virus that can weaken immunity in humans. The increasing rate of transmission of HIV/AIDS sexually, especially through sex, has replaced the position of transmission through needles in injecting drug users, as the main route of transmission of HIV. Increased rates of transmission through heterosexual groups have led to increasingly susceptible transmission to low risk groups such as housewives and infants. The HIV/AIDS case is an iceberg phenomenon that must immediately require special attention from health workers. Therefore this community service takes a precautionary and remedial approach with increasing knowledge, with health education and counseling before screening HIV / AIDS with a blood examination, the effort is to cut the chain of transmission of HIV/AIDS. And can be used as a basis for follow-up in treatment with anti retroviral (Anti Retroviral) for participants who are detected positive for HIV/AIDS. This community service was carried out in the Belawan region of  North Sumatra with 80 female participants examined and from the results of the examination there were no detectable women who were HIV/AIDS positive and there was an increase in knowledge about HIV AIDS regarding definitions, signs and symptoms, modes of transmission and methods prevention. So that it is expected that this increase in knowledge will reduce and avoid risky behavior.Keywords: Knowledge, Screening, HIV/AIDS

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