injecting drug users
Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users: a comparison between sex workers and non-sex workers in Sydney, Australia
... among injecting drug users who are sex workers and those who are not, are less striking than the ...similarities. Drug pat- terns were generally no different between these groups however, ...
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Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes among injecting drug users in Lebanon
... among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Lebanon, to establish the current prevalence of HCV genotypes in this population and to determine whether demographic characteristics and behavioral variables ...
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Understanding the association between injecting and sexual risk behaviors of injecting drug users in Manipur and Nagaland, India
... of injecting drug users in both the states of Manipur and Nagaland engage in high risk sexual ...between injecting and sexual risk behaviors were also evident, and the observed differ- ences ...
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Factors that help injecting drug users to access and benefit from services: A qualitative study
... of drug use, policies and service provision are differ- ent – will necessarily apply to the UK ...of drug-taking behaviours and service delivery suggests that the problems of accessing services will vary ...
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Prevalence of skin problems and leg ulceration in a sample of young injecting drug users
... the drug-using population was previously ...for injecting drug users, although skin disease is a known and frequent cause of morbidity in the homeless popula- tion, many of whom are ...
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Effectiveness of harm reduction programmes for injecting drug users in Dhaka city
... of injecting drug users (IDU) in Bangladesh is not ...of drug users in the country, it was appar- ent that the maximum number of IDU were in the capital city, ...
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Risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar: a case control study
... to injecting drug use is one of the most worrying medical and social problems throughout the world in recent ...among injecting drug users (IDU) ...among injecting drug ...
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HIV Risk Behaviours among Injecting Drug Users in Vietnam: A Review
... among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in Vietnam with a national level prevalence just under ...Both drug and sex related risk behaviors are widespread among ...and drug policy and harm ...
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A review of the evidence for the effectiveness of primary prevention interventions for Hepatitis C among injecting drug users
... amongst injecting drug users documented an inci- dence rate of ...therapy; drug consumption rooms as a hygienic place for those who engage in public injecting; behavioural ...
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Patterns of drug use among a sample of drug users and injecting drug users attending a General Practice in Iran
... Injecting drug use is associated with a number of negative health outcomes, including increased mortality [3] and morbidity from overdose [4], increased risk of the drug dependence [5], and is of ...
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The effectiveness of harm reduction in preventing HIV among injecting drug users
... among injecting drug users are effective, safe and ...increase injecting drug ...among injecting drug users reflects the early adoption and rapid expansion of harm ...
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Survey of abuses against injecting drug users in Indonesia
... with injecting drug ...of injecting drug users was conducted between September 26, 2007 and February 28, ...current injecting drug user and provision of informed ...
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The evolving molecular epidemiology of HIV type 1 among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Malaysia
... In Malaysia, very little information is available about the pre- dominant HIV-1 subtypes circulating among injecting drug users (IDUs). This is in spite of the fact that of the 64, 439 HIV infections ...
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Temporal differences in gamma-hydroxybutyrate overdoses involving injecting drug users versus recreational drug users in Helsinki: a retrospective study
... of injecting drug use, overdosed in the middle of the week or in the early evenings and were encountered more often in private residences and out- doors (Tables 1, Figures 5 and ...6). Injecting ...
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A review of the evidence for the effectiveness of primary prevention interventions for Hepatitis C among injecting drug users
... for injecting drug users (IDUs) in European Union (EU) countries identified 98 studies ...and Drug Addic- tion (EMCDDA) [12,13], and concurs with a systematic review of seroprevalence of HCV ...
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Development of a filter to prevent infections with spore-forming bacteria in injecting drug users
... We assembled inside the prototype filter the glass micro- fibre prefilter with different 0.2 μm membrane filters to test which combination showed the best flow properties. The filters tested were PVDF, PTFE, MCE, PES and ...
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A review of HIV prevention among young injecting drug users: A guide for researchers
... Further outcome measures were used as indicators of a successful program rather than outcomes directly related to changes in risk behaviours. Firstly participants' satisfac- tion with the program was measured using focus ...
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Prevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C infection and harm reduction program use among male injecting drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional assessment
... NSP users was not significantly different than for non- users; age, civil status, educational level, and being homeless were also not significantly different between the ...initiating drug use with ...
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Drug-related aggression among injecting drug users
... another drug in the six months preceding their interview (Figure ...were drug of choice, age, arrest within the past year and self- reported crime in the past ...their drug of choice were ...
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Continued spread of HIV among injecting drug users in southern Sichuan Province, China
... Injecting drug use (IDU) has been the most important risk factor for HIV spread in ...54% drug users were IDUs and 7% IDUs were infected with HIV [Chinese Center for Disease Control, ...
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