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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"injection drug users"”.
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Psychosocial impacts of testing HIV seropositive amongst African American injection drug users.
… HIV seropositive amongst African American injection drug users.
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An Assessment of the HIV Prevention Needs of Injection Drug Users in Montana
… needs of individuals living in Montana who use injection drugs (IDUs). Gaps between prevention needs and services were identified and recommendations for overcoming the barriers to accessing and implementing treatment needs and services were offered.<br> A qualitative case study approach was …
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An Assessment of the HIV Prevention Needs of Injection Drug Users in Montana
… needs of individuals living in Montana who use injection drugs (IDUs). Gaps between prevention needs and services were identified and recommendations for overcoming the barriers to accessing and implementing treatment needs and services were offered.<br> A qualitative case study approach was …
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Blood borne infections and duration of injection drug use among young, newly initiated injection drug users
… to examine select baseline characteristics and drug use and sexual behaviors by duration of injection drug use among young, newly initiated injection drug users (IDUs) to better understand factors associated with risk of infection during the early stage of an injection drug users' career. This …
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Factors Influencing Pharmacy Students' Intention to Sell Syringes to Suspected Injection Drug Users In Community-Based Pharmacies
… approach to HIV/AIDS prevention among injection drug users (IDUs). Pharmacists are the gatekeepers for such sales and thus, formal pharmacy education can potentially play a critical role in shaping syringe- selling behavior of pharmacy students.</p> <p>This dissertation presents results …
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Protection from HCV infection – Identification of mechanisms of resistance to HCV infection in exposed uninfected injection drug users.
… chronic liver disease. In the developed world, injection drug use (IDU) through sharing of infected needles and other paraphernalia remains the principal risk factor for HCV transmission. Effective but expensive treatment is now possible but there remains a pressing need for a vaccine. A …
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Examining the association between discrimination and risky social networks among illicit drug users
Discrimination is a predictor of increased drug use initiation. Thus, discrimination may systematically marginalize stigmatized individuals into risky social networks (e.g., networks with high burden of disease) that facilitate HIV transmission. Therefore, even when individual risk behaviors are …
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The Influence of Neurocognitive Impairment on Treatment Outcomes among Drug-involved People Living with HIV/AIDS
<p>Drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors and sub-optimal adherence to HIV medication regimens can jeopardize the health of HIV–infected injection drug users (IDUs) and threaten community health. Findings to date indicate that it is feasible to deliver a brief behavioral risk reduction/medication …
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The impact of COVID-19 on services for Indigenous people who use substances and are living with HIV in Winnipeg, Manitoba
… those recently diagnosed, Indigenous people and injection drug users are overrepresented. As the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted service delivery, Indigenous people living with HIV (IPLH) who use substances may have been disproportionality negatively impacted. This Master of Social Work …
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Social Welfare Systems and their Effects on Adolescent Violence, Injecting Drug Use, and Negative Health Behaviors
<p>Youth and young adults who are injection drug users (IDU’s) often live and survive in physical and emotional environments that are associated with negative behaviors and outcomes. Past environmental and social factors, such as participation in social welfare systems or institutionalization in …