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- Predictors of Sharing Drugs Among Injection Drug Users in the South Bronx: Implications for HIV Transmission. Fernando, Daniel; Schilling, Robert F.; Fontdevila, Jorge; El-Bassel, Nabila // Journal of Psychoactive Drugs;Apr-Jun2003, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p227
HIV may be transmitted in the process of sharing injected drugs, even if all participants have their own syringes. In an effort to gain understanding of the extent and predictors of drug sharing, data were obtained via personal interviews with 1,024 injection drug users from four neighborhoods...
- Psychosocial risk factors for HIV transmission in male drug abusers. Brook, Judith S.; Brook, David W. // Genetic, Social & General Psychology Monographs;Aug93, Vol. 119 Issue 3, p371
Examines the psychosocial risk factors for HIV transmission in male drug abusers. Needle-sharing behavior with familiar individuals and with strangers; Comparison of risks among black, Hispanic and white male drug users; Personality characteristics; Self-esteem; Mental problems; Deviance;...
- Risk of prevalent HIV infection associated with incarceration among injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand: case-controlled study. Buavirat, Aumphornpun; Page-Shafer, Kimberly; van Griensven, G J P; Mandel, J S; Evans, J; Chuaratanaphong, J; Chiamwongpat, S; Sacks, R; Moss, A // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);2/8/2003, Vol. 326 Issue 7384, p308
Objectives: To identify risks for HIV infection related to incarceration among injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand. Design: Case-control study of sexual and parenteral exposures occurring before, during, and after the most recent incarceration. Setting: Metropolitan Bangkok. Participants:...
- HIV Prevalence and Correlates of Receptive Needle Sharing Among Injection Drug Users in the Mexican-U.S. Border City of Tijuana. Magis-Rodríguez, Carlos; Brouwer, Kimberly C.; Morales, Sonia; Gayet, Cecilia; Lozada, Remedios; Ortiz-Mondragón, Raul; Ricketts, Erin P.; Strathdee, Steffanie A. // Journal of Psychoactive Drugs;Sep2005, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p333
Injection drug use is a growing but understudied problem in Tijuana, a city situated on the northwestern Mexico-U.S border. The authors studied factors associated with receptive needle sharing in an effort to inform prevention activities. In 2003, street-recruited injection drug users (IDUs) in...
- HIV emergency. Hodson, Hal // New Scientist;4/4/2015, Vol. 226 Issue 3015, p1
The article discusses an outbreak of HIV in Indiana, focusing on the reasons for the state having 16 times the annual average of cases in the first three months of 2015. Other topics include the sharing of dirty needles among drug users in Scott County, Indiana, the declaration of a state of...
- Minimum infective dose of HIV for parenteral dosimetry. Reid, S. // International Journal of STD & AIDS;Dec2009, Vol. 20 Issue 12, p828
Summary: The probability of HIV-1 transmission in a small blood exposure such as a needlestick injury or an unsafe medical injection has been estimated indirectly. Now that several comparable laboratory simulations have provided data on inoculum volumes for such exposures, the epidemiological...
- Risky sex and drug injecting drop after drug users start antiretrovirals. // HIV Treatment ALERTS!;Mar2013, p41
The article presents a Baltimore, Maryland-based study on antiretroviral therapy and its reduction of risky sex, drug injection and needle sharing rates. It mentions that the administration of antiretrovirals reduces the risk of HIV transmission but not completely. It also notes the application...
- Covariates of Multiplicity of Risk Behavior Among Injecting Drug Users in Nepal. Singh, S.; Malviya, Alankar; Sharma, Santosh; Sharma, Nidhi; Pandey, Vipul // Sexuality & Culture;Mar2016, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p111
Drug abuse, needle sharing, and high-risk sexual behaviour are often compounded to increase the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. This paper analyzes covariates of multiplicity of risk behavior among injecting drug users (IDUs). Findings are based on data from 1471 IDUs...
- Prescribing Syringes to Injection Drug Users: What the Family Physician Should Know. Rich, Josiah D.; Taylor, Lynn; Mehrotra, Meenakshi; Mason, Rachel; Stozek, Michelle; Stancliff, Sharon // American Family Physician;7/1/2003, Vol. 68 Issue 1, p45
Editorial. Offers observation on injection drug use (IDU), which contributed to the spread of human immunodeficiency virus infection in the U.S. Health risks facing IDU; Information on the needle/syringe exchange programs; Solution to the problem of disease transmission through syringe sharing.
