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Profiles of risk: a qualitative study of injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran

Harm Reduction Journal, 2006
Background In Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs). Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking was the predominant form of drug use for hundreds of years.
Green Traci, Movaghar Afarin, Razzaghi Emran M, Khoshnood Kaveh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

High risk behavior for HIV transmission among former injecting drug users:a survey from Indonesia

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Injecting drug use is an increasingly important cause of HIV transmission in most countries worldwide, especially in eastern Europe, South America, and east and southeast Asia.
Iskandar Shelly, Basar Diba, Hidayat Teddy, Siregar Ike MP, Pinxten Lucas, van Crevel Reinout, Van der Ven Andre JAM, De Jong Cor AJ   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injecting drug use, the skin and vasculature [PDF]

Addiction, 2020
ABSTRACTDamage to the skin, subcutaneous tissues and blood vessels are among the most common health harms related to injecting drug use. From a limited range of early reports of injecting‐related skin and soft tissue damage there is now an increasing literature relating to new drugs, new contaminants and problems associated with unsafe injection ...
Roy Robertson, Barbara Broers, Magdalena Harris   +2 more
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Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform service planning and estimate disease burden due to injecting drug use.
Sarah Larney, Matthew Hickman, Rebecca Guy, Jason Grebely, Gregory J. Dore, Richard T. Gray, Carolyn A. Day, Jo Kimber, Louisa Degenhardt   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV risk behaviours among women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya: findings from secondary analysis of qualitative data

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Injecting drug users are at high risk of HIV infection globally. Research related to female drug users is rare in Kenya, yet it is required to inform the development of gender-sensitive HIV prevention and harm reduction services in East Africa,
Gitau Mburu, Mark Limmer, Paula Holland
doaj   +1 more source

Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users: a comparison between sex workers and non-sex workers in Sydney, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2005
Background This paper examines the differences in demographics, drug use patterns and self reported risk behaviours between regular injecting drug users (IDU) who report engaging in sex work for money or drugs and regular injecting drug users who do not.
Breen Courtney, Degenhardt Louisa, Roxburgh Amanda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does sexuality matter? A cross-sectional study of drug use, social injecting, and access to injection-specific care among men who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are overrepresented in cohorts of people who inject drugs. GBMSM’s substance use is usually explored in the context of its contribution to sexual risk.
Sophia E. Schroeder, A. L. Wilkinson, D. O’Keefe, A. Bourne, J. S. Doyle, M. Hellard, P. Dietze, A. Pedrana   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

History of injection drug use in the month preceding incarceration in Iranian prisons

Scientific Reports
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and pattern of injecting drug use (IDU) in Iranian incarcerated people one month before their imprisonment.
Mitra Darbandi, Willi McFarland, Soheil Mehmandoost, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Maliheh Sadat Bazrafshan, Naser Nasiri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Meraj Sharifi, Roya Safari Faramani, Hamid Sharifi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Settings throughout Canada and the USA continue to experience crises of overdose death due to the toxic unregulated drug supply. Injecting drugs alone limits the potential for intervention and has accounted for a significant proportion of ...
Alexa Norton, Kanna Hayashi, Cheyenne Johnson, JinCheol Choi, M-J Milloy, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing injecting related risks among people who inject both opioids and stimulants: Findings from an Australian survey of people who inject drugs

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2022
Background: Opioids and stimulants are the most commonly injected illicit drugs worldwide and in Australia. While some people who inject drugs (PWID) prefer either opioids or stimulants, others regularly use both opioids and stimulants. Limited available
L. Brener, T. Caruana, T. Broady, E. Cama, N. Ezard, A. Madden, C. Treloar   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source