The Prevention of Aids Among Injecting Drug Users
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beth R Crisp (0000-0001-7863-4482, University of South Australia), James G Barber (0009-0008-7699-4650, Flinders University) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 255-274 |
| Publication date | 1997-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011203 |
| OpenAlex | W2048406265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
There is great potential for the spread of HIV amongst injecting drug users (IDUs) if they engage in unsafe injecting and sexual practices. This paper identifies a range of obstacles to safe behaviour, includig availability of sterile injecting equipment, legal/policy factors, social norms and personal factors such as ignorance, beliefs, intoxication and craving. Two alternative policy options - harm reduction and use reduction - are discussed along with specific strategies for ameliorating risk. Strategies include drug treatment, provision of sterile injecting equipment, bleach, promoting alternate methods of drug administration, HIV testing and counselling and peer endorsement of safe behaviour. The paper concludes by considering the implications of these policy and programme options at the level of service delivery
Business · Drug · Drug prevention · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Pharmacology
Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
Drug user interventions
Behavioural change in injecting drug users
Factors associated with risk behaviour among injecting drug users
Drug Sharing and HIV Transmission Risks
Results of a Survey of Australian Schools of Social Work on the Teaching of Human Sexuality in their Undergraduate Programmes
Challenging the uncritical application of urban HIV/Aids politics to rural contexts
HIV risk behavior reduction following intervention with key opinion leaders of population
Variables influencing condom use among intravenous drug users
Voluntary Testing for HIV Antibodies among Clients in Long-Term Substance-Abuse Treatment
Factors distinguishing homosexual males practicing risky and safer sex
Drugs, Sex, and Aids Risk
Reducing the Risk of Aids Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment
Sex, gender and power
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |