Title |
Profiles of risk: a qualitative study of injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran
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Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, March 2006
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DOI | 10.1186/1477-7517-3-12 |
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Authors |
Emran M Razzaghi, Afarin Rahimia Movaghar, Traci Craig Green, Kaveh Khoshnood |
Abstract |
In Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs). Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking was the predominant form of drug use for hundreds of years. As in many countries experiencing a rise in injecting drug use, HIV/AIDS in Iran is associated with the injection of drugs, accounting for transmission of more than two-thirds of HIV infections. This study aimed to: describe the range of characteristics of IDUs in Tehran, Iran's capital city; 2) examine the injecting-related HIV risk behaviors of IDUs, and 3) suggest necessary interventions to prevent HIV transmission among IDUs and their families and sex partners. |
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