A qualitative analysis of barriers to accessing HIV prevention services during an HIV outbreak among persons who inject drugs in West Virginia

RB Hershow, N Worthington, M Adams, R McDonald… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
In response to an increase in HIV diagnoses among persons who inject drugs (PWID) in
Kanawha County, West Virginia, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health and CDC conducted …

HIV risk and prevention among clients of a delivery-based harm reduction service during an HIV outbreak among people who use drugs in northern rural Minnesota …

A Palayew, K Knudtson, S Purchase, S Clark… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Background Since 2019, multiple HIV outbreaks occurred among people who inject drugs
(PWID) in Minnesota. Syringe service programs (SSPs) are evidence-based programs that …

Baseline prevalence and correlates of HIV and HCV infection among people who inject drugs accessing a syringe services program; Miami, FL

TS Bartholomew, J Onugha, C Bullock… - Harm reduction …, 2020 - Springer
Background Blood-borne viral infections, such as HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), are common
infections among people who inject drugs (PWID). This study aims to determine the …

Differences in HIV risk behavior of injection drug users in New York City by health care setting

AK Turner, K Harripersaud, ND Crawford, AV Rivera… - AIDS care, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study is to examine the HIV risk behaviors and demographic
characteristics of injection drug users (IDUs) by type of health care setting, which can inform …

Understanding the public health consequences of suspending a rural syringe services program: a qualitative study of the experiences of people who inject drugs

ST Allen, SM Grieb, A O'Rourke, R Yoder… - Harm reduction …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are evidence-based interventions
that are associated with decreases in prevalence and incidence rates of HIV and viral …

An outbreak of HIV infection among people who inject drugs in northeastern Massachusetts: findings and lessons learned from a medical record review

LM Randall, S Dasgupta, J Day, A DeMaria Jr… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background We conducted a medical record review for healthcare utilization, risk factors,
and clinical data among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Massachusetts to aid HIV …

Community perceptions of comprehensive harm reduction programs and stigma towards people who inject drugs in rural Virginia

LS Baker, W Smith, T Gulley, MM Tomann - Journal of Community Health, 2020 - Springer
The spread of infectious diseases, including Human Immunodeficiency virus and Hepatitis C
virus, is a major risk of injection drug use. The Center for Disease Control's 2015 ranking of …

[HTML][HTML] Community-based outreach risk-reduction strategy to prevent HIV risk behaviors in out-of-treatment injection drug users

R Needle, S Coyle - … Conference: Interventions to prevent HIV risk …, 1997 - books.google.com
Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in injection drug users (IDUs) is spread
primarily through multiperson reuse of contaminated syringes/needles and other drug …

Preventing HIV and hepatitis infections among people who inject drugs: leveraging an Indiana outbreak response to break the impasse

JS Crowley, GA Millett - AIDS and Behavior, 2017 - Springer
Providing clean needles through syringe services programs (SSPs) prevents the spread of
disease among people who inject drugs (PWID). The recent HIV outbreak in Scott County …

Unmet needs and barriers to services among people who inject drugs with HIV in the United States

S Dasgupta, Y Tie, L Beer, D Broz… - Journal of HIV/AIDS & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Data on use of and barriers to HIV ancillary care services among people who inject drugs
(PWID) with HIV can inform interventions intended to improve access to care, but national …