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Research fatigue among injecting drug users in Karachi, Pakistan

Overview of attention for article published in Harm Reduction Journal, June 2013
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Title
Research fatigue among injecting drug users in Karachi, Pakistan
Published in
Harm Reduction Journal, June 2013
DOI 10.1186/1477-7517-10-9
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Authors

Aysha Zahidie, Arshad Altaf, Adeel Ahsan, Tanzil Jamali

Abstract

Karachi is the largest metropolis of Pakistan and its economic hub attracting domestic migrants for economic opportunities. It is also the epicenter of HIV epidemic in the country. Since 2004, one pilot study and four behavioral and biological surveillance rounds have been conducted in Karachi. In addition many student research projects have also focused on key risk groups including injection drug users (IDUs). As a result of this extra ordinary exposure of same kind of questions, IDUs know how to respond to high value questions related to sharing of needles or unsafe sexual practices. The purpose of the study was to explore the element of research fatigue among IDUs in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 36 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 25%
Other 4 11%
Student > Master 4 11%
Researcher 3 8%
Student > Postgraduate 3 8%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 8 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 39%
Social Sciences 4 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 8%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 8 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 July 2013.
All research outputs
#16,720,137
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#943
of 1,119 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#128,536
of 210,212 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#6
of 6 outputs
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