Healthcare stigma and HIV risk among rural people who inject drugs

HL Surratt, JK Otachi, CJ McLouth, N Vundi - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The HIV epidemic is increasingly penetrating rural areas of the US due to
evolving epidemics of injection drug use. Many rural areas experience deficits in availability …

Lived experiences of people living with HIV: a descriptive qualitative analysis of their perceptions of themselves, their social spheres, healthcare professionals and the …

G Senyurek, MV Kavas, YI Ulman - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates have been gradually
increasing in Istanbul, Turkey. Many people living with HIV (PLWH) here encounter …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and facilitators to accessing inpatient and community substance use treatment and harm reduction services for people who use drugs in the Muslim …

Q Al-Ghafri, P Radcliffe, G Gilchrist - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The prevalence of drug use in Muslim communities is difficult to estimate due to
religious, social, and cultural prohibition toward drug use. With Islam affecting all aspects of …

Measuring sustainability of opioid agonist therapy programs in the context of transition from global fund support

R Stuikyte, I Varentsov, C Cook, S Dvoriak - Harm reduction journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Programmatic and financial sustainability of health responses dependent on
donor funding has risen as a major concern. In the HIV field in particular, it generated a …

Polydrug use, sexual risk, and HIV testing among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men and transgender and nonbinary individuals who have sex with men in …

YG Lee, G Zhakupova, V Vinogradov… - AIDS Education and …, 2022 - Guilford Press
This study examined substance use and sexual risk correlates of HIV testing among
cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men (MSM) and transgender and nonbinary individuals …

Prevalence and correlates of receptive syringe‐sharing among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachia

RH White, A O'Rourke, ME Kilkenny, KE Schneider… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Syringe‐sharing significantly increases the risk of HIV and
viral hepatitis acquisition among people who inject drugs (PWID). Clearer understanding of …

Intersectional Stigma, Fear of Negative Evaluation, Depression, and ART Adherence Among Women Living with HIV Who Engage in Substance Use: A Latent Class …

KL Stringer, A Norcini Pala, RL Cook, MC Kempf… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Women Living with HIV (WLHIV) who use substances face stigma related to HIV
and substance use (SU). The relationship between the intersection of these stigmas and …

“The Slums Have To Be Shown”: Documenting Drug Injection in Public Spaces Ahead of the Opening of a Drug Consumption Room in Marseille

M Dos Santos, G Girard… - Qualitative Health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
EPOSIM is a community-based participatory research study which used the Photovoice
method with people who inject drugs (PWID) ahead of a possible opening of a drug …

Re-validation and cultural adaptation of the brief, standardized assessment tool for measuring HIV-related stigma in healthcare settings in Almaty, Kazakhstan

B Iskakova, Z Nugmanova, R Murat Yucel, KE Gamarel… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The HIV epidemic continues to grow in Kazakhstan and HIV stigma remains a major barrier
to HIV prevention and treatment in the country. HIV stigma in healthcare setting may also …

Associations between different forms of intimate partner violence and posttraumatic stress among women who use drugs and alcohol in Kyrgyzstan

T Jiwatram‐Negron, M Meinhart, M Ward… - … of Traumatic Stress, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) have an increased risk of experiencing
posttraumatic stress, and the subsequently associated symptoms can vary by form of IPV …