Stigma, social reciprocity and exclusion of HIV/AIDS patients with illicit drug histories: A study of Thai nurses' attitudes [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2008 Background Stigma is a key barrier for the delivery of care to patients living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In the Asia region, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected socially marginalised groups, in particular, injecting drug users.
Stoové Mark A +2 more
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]
, 2010 This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Hutchinson, Sharon +5 more
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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 ...
Hutchinson, Sharon +5 more
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An improved optimistic three-stage model for the spread of HIV amongst injecting intravenous drug users [PDF]
, 2009 We start off this paper with a brief introduction to modeling Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) amongst sharing, injecting drug users (IDUs). Then we describe the mathematical model which we shall use which
Greenhalgh, David +2 more
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Examination of the risk of reinfection with hepatitis C among injecting drug users who have been tested in Glasgow [PDF]
, 2012 Unsafe injecting practices put injecting drug users (IDUs) at repeat exposure to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It has not yet been determined if spontaneously clearing one's primary infection influences the risk of reinfection; our aim was ...
Hutchinson, Sharon +5 more
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The extent of injection site infection in injecting drug users: findings from a national surveillance study. [PDF]
, 2010 Injection site infections in injecting drug users (IDUs) are associated with serious morbidity and healthcare costs. Factors associated with symptoms of these were examined through annual (2006-2008) unlinked-anonymous survey of IDUs in England, Wales ...
Marongiu, A +3 more
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Continued high prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV among injecting and noninjecting drug users in Italy
Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010 We estimated the prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV infections among injecting and non-injecting drug users treated within public drug-treatment centres in Italy to determine the correlates of infection.
Laura Camoni +7 more
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Drug-related aggression among injecting drug users [PDF]
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2006 Recent years have seen the diversification of the methamphetamine markets in Australia, with increased availability and the use of more potent forms of methamphetamine such as ice/crystal and base methamphetamine. Intoxication due to the use of stimulants such as methamphetamine has been associated with aggressive and violent behaviour.
Emma, Black, Louisa, Degenhardt
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Hepatitis C infection among injecting drug users in England and Wales (1992-2006): there and back again? [PDF]
, 2009 Changes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence from 1992 to 2006 were examined by using 24,311 records from unlinked anonymous surveillance of injecting drug users in England and Wales.
Hope, Vivian D +10 more
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Infectious endocarditis to an injectable drug user
Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background. Injecting drug users are a particular category of patients, where infectious pathology, including infectious endocarditis, is much more common. In Romania, in 2016 there were about 21,000 opioid users (www.ana.gov.ro). Besides opioid drugs, there are also ethnobotanics and a growing trend of injecting amphetamines. Material and methods.
Adina A. Nanu +5 more
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