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HIV Among People Who Use Drugs: A Global Perspective of Populations at Risk

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This article examines the epidemiology of HIV among selected subgroups of drug users around the world who are "most at risk"--men who have sex with men, female sex workers, prisoners, and mobile populations. The underlying determinants of HIV infection among these populations include stigma, physical and sexual violence, mental illness, social marginalization, and economic vulnerability. HIV interventions must reach beyond specific risk groups and individuals to address the micro-level and macro-level determinants that shape their risk environments. Public health interventions that focus on the physical, social, and health policy environments that influence HIV risk-taking in various settings are significantly more likely to impact the incidence of HIV and other blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections across larger population groups.

Source: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181f9c04c

Authors: Jamila K Stockman, Steffanie A Strathdee

Institution: University of California San Diego

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities