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• Access to Sterile Syringes by Injection Drug Users in Puerto Rico

  H Finlinson, H Ann Finlinson et al.•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1999

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  A variety of studies have concluded that a primary reason injection drug users (IDUs), their sexual partners, and children continue to be infected with HIV is the lack of access to sterile syringes. The present study employed ethnographic interviews and observations to examine access to sterile syringes by IDUs in Puerto Rico between July 1995 and June 1997, a time characterized by the absence of legal restrictions on the sale and possession of s…

• What We Want to Know About HIV/Aids

  H Finlinson, H Ann Finlinson et al.•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1996

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  An analysis of the questions about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) asked by intravenous drug users attending AIDS education classes at a public detoxification center in San Juan Puerto Rico provided guidelines for the design of future educational programs. Of the 13007 AIDS cases reported in Puerto Rico by April 1994 an estimated 57% were associated with contact with contaminated drug injecting equ…

• Recruiting and Retaining Out-of-Treatment Injecting Drug Users in the Puerto Rico Aids Prevention Project

  H Finlinson, H Ann Finlinson et al.•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1993•Citada por: 2•Referências: 5

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  In 1988 the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded the Puerto Rico AIDS Prevention Project (PRAPP), one of 41 national AIDS demonstration research programs. These projects target out-of-treatment injecting drug users (IDUs), and attempt through community-based interventions to reduce high-risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission. From May 1989 through July 1990, outreachers working in PRAPP recruited 1702 out-of-treatment IDUs from…

• Recruiting and Retaining Out-of-Treatment Injecting Drug Users in the Puerto Rico Aids Prevention Project

  H Finlinson, H Ann Finlinson et al.•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1993•Citada por: 2•Referências: 5

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  In 1988 the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded the Puerto Rico AIDS Prevention Project (PRAPP), one of 41 national AIDS demonstration research programs. These projects target out-of-treatment injecting drug users (IDUs), and attempt through community-based interventions to reduce high-risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission. From May 1989 through July 1990, outreachers working in PRAPP recruited 1702 out-of-treatment IDUs from…

• Recruiting and Retaining Out-of-Treatment Injecting Drug Users in the Puerto Rico Aids Prevention Project

  H Finlinson, H Ann Finlinson et al.•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1993•Citada por: 2•Referências: 5

  Incluir item

  In 1988 the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded the Puerto Rico AIDS Prevention Project (PRAPP), one of 41 national AIDS demonstration research programs. These projects target out-of-treatment injecting drug users (IDUs), and attempt through community-based interventions to reduce high-risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission. From May 1989 through July 1990, outreachers working in PRAPP recruited 1702 out-of-treatment IDUs from…

• What We Want to Know About HIV/Aids

  H Finlinson, H Ann Finlinson et al.•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1996

  Incluir item

  An analysis of the questions about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) asked by intravenous drug users attending AIDS education classes at a public detoxification center in San Juan Puerto Rico provided guidelines for the design of future educational programs. Of the 13007 AIDS cases reported in Puerto Rico by April 1994 an estimated 57% were associated with contact with contaminated drug injecting equ…

• Access to Sterile Syringes by Injection Drug Users in Puerto Rico

  H Finlinson, H Ann Finlinson et al.•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1999

  Incluir item

  A variety of studies have concluded that a primary reason injection drug users (IDUs), their sexual partners, and children continue to be infected with HIV is the lack of access to sterile syringes. The present study employed ethnographic interviews and observations to examine access to sterile syringes by IDUs in Puerto Rico between July 1995 and June 1997, a time characterized by the absence of legal restrictions on the sale and possession of s…

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