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Size estimation of injecting drug users (IDU) using multiplier method in five Districts of India

Overview of attention for article published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, February 2012
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Title
Size estimation of injecting drug users (IDU) using multiplier method in five Districts of India
Published in
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, February 2012
DOI 10.1186/1747-597x-7-9
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Gajendra Kr Medhi, Jagadish Mahanta, Brogen S Akoijam, Rajatashuvra Adhikary

Abstract

The HIV epidemic in Manipur, the highest HIV prevalence state of India, is primarily driven by injecting drug use. Reliable estimate of population size of injecting drug users (IDU) is critical for aiding HIV prevention program in the state to combat drug driven HIV epidemic. The study described multiplier method, an indirect technique of estimation of IDU size in five districts of Manipur, India making use of existing records of rapid intervention and care (RIAC) programs. Number of IDUs who accessed RIAC services during the past 12 months was taken as the benchmark data for the size estimation. The benchmark data were then multiplied by the inverse of the proportion of the IDUs who reported having accessed RIAC services during the same period to derive the sizes of IDU population in each study districts. The estimated sizes of IDU population in five districts were: 7353 (95% CI: 6759-8123) in Imphal West, 5806 (95% CI: 5635-6054) in Imphal East, 3816 (95% CI: 3571-4139) in Thoubal, 2615 (95% CI: 2528-2731) in Churachandpur and 2137 (95% CI: 1979-2343) in Bishenpur district. Multiplier method seems to be a feasible indirect technique which can be applied to estimate of IDU population using existing data from intervention programs in settings like Manipur where reliable size estimation of IDU population is lacking.

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Country Count As %
United States 3 7%
Unknown 41 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 23%
Student > Master 10 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 7%
Other 7 16%
Unknown 5 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 34%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 11%
Social Sciences 4 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 5%
Other 7 16%
Unknown 8 18%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 19 March 2012.
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#6,852,483
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#380
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#46,141
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Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#7
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