HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine
Estimated HIV prevalence of 30% puts St. Petersburg among worst IDU-concentrated epidemics
Published in AIDS Weekly, June 12th, 2006
According to recent research from Russia, "In St. Petersburg, Russia, we sought to describe the characteristics of active high-risk injection drug users (IDUs) to evaluate the associations between behavioral and demographic characteristics and HIV-1 infection and to describe 3 discrete recruitment methods.
"Active high-risk IDUs were recruited in 3 ways: through street outreach, at facilities serving IDUs, and by network-based chain referral. Recruits were screened, counseled, and tested for HIV-1. Sociodemographic and behavioral data were...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-06-12)
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