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“Taking away the chaos”: a health needs assessment for people who inject drugs in public places in Glasgow, Scotland

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Public injecting of recreational drugs has been documented in a number of cities worldwide and was a key risk factor in a HIV outbreak in Glasgow, Scotland during 2015. We investigated the characteristics and health needs of people involved in
Emily J. Tweed, Mark Rodgers, Saket Priyadarshi, Emilia Crighton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

My first time: initiation into injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, north-east India

Harm Reduction Journal, 2007
Background The north-east Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland are two of the six high HIV prevalence states in the country, and the main route of HIV transmission is injecting drug use.
Langkham Biangtung, Hocking Jane, Singh Bangkim, Longleng Verity, Kermode Michelle, Crofts Nick   +5 more
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Patterns of and Rationale for the Co-use of Methamphetamine and Opioids: Findings From Qualitative Interviews in New Mexico and Nevada

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
IntroductionMethamphetamine use and methamphetamine-involved deaths have increased dramatically since 2015, and opioid-related deaths now frequently involve methamphetamine.
Brittany D. Rhed, Robert W. Harding, Charles Marks, Katherine T. Wagner, Phillip Fiuty, Kimberly Page, Karla D. Wagner   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and predictors of self-reported risk behaviors among male injecting drug users

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: Unsafe injecting drug use is a documented risk factor for the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Harm reduction strategy aims at reducing this deleterious consequence. Objectives: To study the prevalence and predictors of
Deepak Sharma, Naveen Krishan Goel, Dinesh Kumar Walia, Meenal Madhukar Thakare, Vanita Gupta, Sandeep Mittal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

CHALLENGES AND PARTICULARITIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN HIV-INFECTED INJECTING DRUG USERS [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Injecting drug use became during last decade a major health public issue, both in Romania and around the world. Incidence of HIV and viral hepatitis in injecting drug users (IDUs) has dramatically increased due to the appearance of new highly addictive
Irina Ianache, Cristiana Oprea
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring associations between perceived HCV status and injecting risk behaviors among recent initiates to injecting drug use in Glasgow [PDF]

, 2008
The aim of this study was to explore the influence of testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and perceived HCV status on injecting risk behavior. A cross-sectional, community-wide survey was undertaken at multiple sites throughout Greater Glasgow during ...
Anderson, Niall, Goldberg, David, Hutchinson, Sharon, Palmateer, Norah, Taylor, Avril, Wadd, Sarah   +5 more
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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

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

Bloodborne viral infection in Irish injecting drug users. [PDF]

, 1998
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) against this background.
Keenan, Eamon, O'Connor, John J, Smyth, Bobby P   +2 more
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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
openaire   +4 more sources