HIV and Hepatitis C Risk among Tajik Migrant Workers Who Inject Drugs in Moscow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15467965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Ellen Mackesy‐amiti (0000-0002-7238-5240, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author), Judith A Levy (University of Illinois Chicago), Mahbatsho Bahromov (Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan), Jonbek Jonbekov (Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan), Casey Morgan Luc (0000-0003-3669-9821, University of Illinois Chicago) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 5937-5937 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20115937 |
| PMID | 37297541 |
| OpenAlex | W4378228067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia continues to grow with most infections occurring in high-risk groups including people who inject drugs and their sexual partners. Labor migrants from this region who inject drugs while in Russia are at especially high HIV risk. Male Tajik migrant workers who inject drugs in Moscow (N = 420) were interviewed prior to a randomized trial of the Migrants' Approached Self-Learning Intervention in HIV/AIDS (MASLIHAT) peer-education HIV-prevention intervention. Participants were interviewed about their sex and drug use behavior and tested for HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) prior to the intervention. Only 17% had ever been tested for HIV. Over half of the men reported injecting with a previously used syringe in the past month, and substantial proportions reported risky sexual behavior. Prevalence rates of HIV (6.8%) and HCV (2.9%) were elevated, although lower than expected when compared to estimates of prevalence among people who inject drugs at the national level in Tajikistan. Risk behavior in diaspora varied across the men's regional area of origin in Tajikistan and occupation in Moscow, with HIV prevalence rates highest among those working at the bazaars. Evidence-based prevention approaches and messaging that specifically address the drug- and sex-related risk behavior of migrants with varying backgrounds are needed
Environmental health · Family medicine · Hepatitis C · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Virology
Labor Migration and HIV Risk
Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs
The roles of labor migrants' wives in HIV/Aids risk and prevention in Tajikistan
In Short, We Will Deport You’
Association between time spent in the Russian Federation and late presentation for HIV among Tajikistani migrants
HIV Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Male Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
A Network-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Tajik Migrant Workers Who Inject Drugs
Understanding the Impact of Migration on HIV Risk
Who are You and What are You Doing Here?”
Alcohol and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Male Central Asian Labor Migrants and Non-migrants in Kazakhstan
Post-Soviet Central Asia
Those tablets, they are finding an empty stomach’
Migration and Aids
Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (Audit)
Migrant women's economic success in Russia
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |