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HIV/AIDS-related knowledge awareness and risk behaviors among injection drug users in Maanshan, China: a cross-sectional study

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Title
HIV/AIDS-related knowledge awareness and risk behaviors among injection drug users in Maanshan, China: a cross-sectional study
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BMC Public Health, February 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-2786-6
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Baifeng Chen, Yu Zhu, Rui Guo, Shushu Ding, Zhen Zhang, Huaying Cai, Hongbin Zhu, Yufeng Wen

Abstract

Unsafe injection practices significantly increase the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among injection drug users (IDUs). Little is known about how demographic characteristics of IDUs are linked to HIV-related risk behaviors in the central regions of China. A cross-sectional survey was conducted at Mandatory Detoxification Centers (MDCs) and the community in Maanshan, China. Of the 916 IDUs, 96.4 % reported a history of heroin use during the past year, 93.4 % had HIV/AIDS knowledge, 16.8 % reported receptive syringe sharing and 12.2 % reported inconsistent condom use in commercial sex in the past year. Unsafe injection practice was associated with increased odds of minority ethnicity, lower level of education, and no peer education in the past year. Unsafe sex practice was associated with increased odds of being single, 18-30 years of age, non-local residence, and history of methamphetamine use in the past year. Integrated interventions to promote safe injection and protected commercial sex practices targeting IDUs must also consider individual and socio-environmental factors.

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Unknown 76 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 17%
Researcher 11 14%
Student > Bachelor 10 13%
Other 4 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 5%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 26 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 13%
Social Sciences 9 12%
Psychology 2 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 1%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 31 41%
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#20,336,685
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