... prohibitionist and punitive drug laws and their implementation, and the multiple stigmatisations-by officialdom, communities and even their families-of those with HIV/ AIDS and of those who used illicit drugs ... clients carrying used injecting equipment who approached and used government-run OST services and AIDS Centres In both countries clients, stakeholders and NGO and government service providers ... **HIV testing and treatment and OST ***Government and NGO HIV/AIDS service managers, government decision makers, international development partners and Global Fund country programme implementers Spicer...
... conducted, one withmen (n = 9) and one with women (n = 8) Men ranged in age from 28 to 48 years and women from 25 to 37 years Six men completed high school and were currently married and living with their ... interviews with male and female IDUs Men ranged in age from 30 to 39 years and women from 25 to 32 years One man completed high school, and two menand two women completed elementary education Three men ... Rupees or less Of 29 menwho were currently married and living with their wife, 38% reported that she was HIV-positive All women who were currently married and living with their husband reported that...
... the number of drugusershave changed, with the numbers of drug users, injectors, and those using heroin as their drug of choice increasing in 2009 [5] In this interval, the number and range of ... initiating drug use with injecting, frequency of daily injection, sharing of injecting works in the prior three months, and marginally with being homeless and receipt of prior drug treatment (Table ... due to initiating drug use with injecting, recent sharing of injecting equipment, and more frequent injecting daily That IDUs using NSP services are more likely to have risky injecting practices...
... needle-syringe and tended to have a lower socioeconomic status They were significantly less likely than pharmacy users to have a regular job, and more likely than NSP users to be without any resources ... service is gravely felt and syringe dispensing machines have emerged as a simple and very effective tool It is known that bringing users into contact with people who can support and promote appropriate ... in Ireland and Evidence from the International Literature Dublin , National Advisory Committee on Drugs; 2004 Buning E: Outreach work withdrug users: an overview International Journal of Drug...
... studies have shown that knowledge of HCV treatment options among injectingdrugusers is low and that medical support for HCV is often perceived as a low priority in the lives of injectingdrugusers ... referrals and recruitment to the service, provide support to people considering and undergoing treatment and enhance patient adherence and support within the service Treatment is in accordance with ... analysis Drug Alcohol Depend 2002, 67(2):117-123 Wong J, Sylvestre D, Siebert U: Cost-effectiveness of treatment of HCV in injectingdrugusers In Hepatitis C andinjectingdrug use: impact, costs and...
... 80%–86% in England (5 studies) and 37%–90% in Scotland (3 studies) [3] The association between injectingdrug use and infection with HCV is mediated by sharing needles and syringes or other injecting ... acquisition of HCV infection in injectingdrugusers HCV transmission risk behaviours include injecting drugs, the sharing of injecting equipment, not cleaning and reusing drug paraphernalia, alcohol ... including impending imprisonment, likely to interfere with treatment participation and/ or follow-up and (4) severe brain damage or mental impairment The inclusion and exclusion criteria were...
... were: pharmacies, 80%; SEPs, 72%; SEP outreach workers, 37%; friends, 23%; other drug users, 6%; drugworkersanddrug agencies, 4%; sexual partners, 2%; and street vendors, 1% (multiple responses ... Dore G, MacDonald M: Injecting behaviour of injectingdrugusers at needle and syringe programmes and pharmacies in Australia Int J Drug Policy 2003, 14:425-430 Estonian Drug Monitoring Centre ... pharmacy users tend to be younger [27-29], with shorter injecting careers [29,30] and lower injecting frequencies [29,30] New injectors create special problems for HIV prevention Studies have found...
... programs for young, and new injecting drugs users The review also included programs undertaken to prevent initiation of druginjectingand transition from non -injecting to injectingdrug use Page ... for younginjectingdrugusers (IDUs) in an attempt to establish whether this call for standardisation has been heeded by researchers and program managers alike Recommendations for improvement ... programs for youngand new injectingdrugusers Click here for file [http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/supplementary/14777517-2-5-S1.doc] • The stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/...
... status, educational levels, recruitment site, length of residency in the area, length of lifetime drug injecting, size of drug use network, and frequency of daily druginjecting aP values based on ... 213 IDUs and 85 non-IDUs) was recruited at the drop-in centre, and at parks and streets in the area Active drugusers were approached by an ex-user staff member of the NGO for recruitment and were ... S: Prevalence of and factors associated with HIV1 infection among drugusers visiting treatment centers in Tehran, Iran AIDS 2005, 19(7):709-716 Vazirian M: Review of drug demand reduction programs...
... in study implementation and manuscript preparation; NS participated in protocol development, and study implementation; BB assisted with project implementation and study conduct; and KE developed ... assessing HIV and hepatitis C prevalence and correlates among drugusers in Pakistan in 2003, 63.2% of Afghan drugusers surveyed in Quetta were aware of HIV compared to 82.8% of Pakistani drugusers ... sociodemographics, travel, incarceration, and medical histories, anddrug use and sexual behaviors Time outside the country was first assessed with a general question: "Have you lived/worked outside Afghanistan...
... more non HIV IDUs who spent more than 3000 Kyats (p = 0.05) The most common reason for drug use was peer pressure and experimentation (p = 0.00) Trend of injectingdrug (table 3) Injecting was the ... most common method of drug abuse More HIV positive respondents started injecting when they were 22 years and above (p = 0.02) The common injecting sites were forearm, arm and hand Those using used ... HIV risk behavior and HIV seroconversion among injectingdrugusers AIDS 2001, 15(11):1329-41 Bruneau J, Lamothe FC, Franco E: High Rates of HIV Infection among Injection DrugUsers Participating...
... frequently with friends and other drugusers in unstable housing and less often have stable resources The four drugs or pharmaceuticals most commonly injected are: buprenorphine (Subutex® and generics), ... exploring the factors and reasons for filter preference among injectingdrugusers in detail A better understanding of factors and IDUs’ motives influencing filter choice may help drugworkers to promote ... Nîmes and AIDES in Toulouse We would also like to thank all people injecting drugs who took the time to participate in this study; without their time, expertise and feedback, we would never have...
... heterosexual activities and none having same -sex contacts in the past six months, and 24.2% had new sex partners; 20.4% gave money for sexand 7.3% received money for sex Among 67 subjects who ... partners sharing injecting equipments in last months, sharing needles and syringes, rinse water, and cookers in the last months, having heterosexual intercourses and not having a primary sexual partner ... socio-demographics, drug use and sharing and sexual behaviors A blood specimen was collected for testing of HIV antibody All study participants were given HIV posttesting counseling, and those who were HIV positive...
... Policy and the Construction of Heterosexual Masculinity J Homosex 1995, 30:1-22 Plumridge E, Chetwynd J: The moral universe of injectingdrugusers in the era of AIDS: sharing injecting equipment and ... Nonrandomized Evaluations of Behavioral and Public Health Interventions: The TREND Statement Am J Public Health 2004, 94:361-366 Darke S: Self-report among injectingdrug users: A review Drugand ... of Drug Policy 2008, 19:410-416 Aldridge J, Parker H, Measham F: Drug Trying andDrug Use Across Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study of Young People's Drug Taking in Two Regions of Northern England...
... withinjectingdrugusers Research into police torture of injectingdrugusers was conducted between September 26, 2007 and February 28, 2008 Field researchers utilized convenience sampling and ... demand[31] Since the report's publication in 2008, JANGKAR and other NGOs representing injectingdrugusershave met with senior police and AIDS policymakers to share the report findings and ... abuse of drugusershave also found the problem to be widespread In April 2009, the Indonesian Coalition for Drug Policy Reform published a report, based on interviews with injection drug users...
... number and type of treatment settings); years of recruitment (and total duration of recruitment); number of participants (and breakdown by age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, type of drug ... among injectingdrugusers in an area with low HIV seroprevalence Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 1996, 28:27-29 Thiede H, Hagan H, Murrill CS: Methadone treatment and HIV and hepatitis ... infection among young adult injection druguserswho share injection equipment.[see comment] American Journal of Epidemiology 155(7):645-53, 2002 England) DH: Hepatitis C Action Plan for England London,...
... Framework on universal approach to Menwhohavesexwithmenand transgender people” Vũ Ngọc Bảo, Philippe Girault 2005 Facing the Facts: MenWhohaveSexwithMenand HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam Publisher ... describe any menwhohavesexwithmen regardless of contexts, interests, sexual tendency, or personal identity In Vietnam, men having sexwithmen is not new but is covered and hardly mentioned ... Series Gender, Sexuality and Sexual Health, Vol 5, Consultation on Investment In Health Promotion ISDS (2010) “Understanding and Reducing Stigma related to MenWhoHaveSexwithMenand HIV” Tool...
... Rapid assessment of drug- related HIV risk among menwhohavesexwithmen in three South African cities Drugand Alcohol Dependence 95, 45-53 Paterson, B.L & Panessa, C (2008) Engagement as an ... problematic It is illegal for men to havesexwith other men In an environment where HIV infection prevalence in adults is 12% andwith the “bridging” or mixing between heterosexual and MSM populations, ... Wang, B., Zhang, L., Wang, Q & Stanton B (2006) Menwhohavesexwithmenand human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted disease control in China Sexually Transmitted Diseases 33, 68-76 Magee,...
... married young masculinity may undermine married youngmen s role in sexual and reproductive health decision-making, women andmen are immense and distinct and need limit their involvement in ... forced sex Women (N=1,608)* Men (N=1,446)* Dhar & Guna Experienced (young women)/perpetrated (young men) forced sexual initiation Experienced (young women)/perpetrated (young men) forced sex in the ... percent of young women and delivery or the postpartum period Second, for the men in Guntur compared to 81 percent and 63 most part, more young women than men reported percent of young women and men, ...
... Polymicrobial endocarditis with C parapsilosis and P aeruginosa in intravenous drugusers can be cured with surgical valve replacement and extended duration intravenous antibiotics and antifungals Abbreviations ... Optimal treatment options and cure rate remain to be evaluated We present a man who had successful treatment with a combination of antibiotics and antifungals in addition to surgical treatment Carozza ... presenting to the emergency department of our hospital, and was found to have Candida parapsilosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis A 2D echocardiogram was done there and showed vegetation of the...