Homelessness among injecting drug users

Implications for the spread of Aids

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12397334
AutoresHilary Klee (University of Manchester, autor de correspondencia)
Año1991
Volumen1
Número2
Páginas143-154
Fecha de publicación1991-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.2450010208
OpenAlexW2130130367
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas12

Injecting drug users are now the fastest‐growing group of people with AIDS. It is mainly through sharing contaminated injecting equipment that drug users transmit infection. Research is showing that while many are reducing the risk of infection through ceasing to share needles, or sharing with a limited number of people, there are some who disregard the dangers and continue to share. In a project that investigated the HIV‐related risk behaviour of injecting drug users, homelessness was found to be significantly associated with heavy drug use, recent involvement in crime, disorganization in daily life and high levels of sharing. The problems of promoting harm reduction among the homeless are discussed and some recommendations made

Business · Drug · Environmental health · Family medicine · Harm · Harm reduction · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Illicit drug · Internet privacy · Needle sharing · Psychiatry · Computer Science · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology