Browsing by Subject "People who inject drugs"
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Immediate impact of Hurricane Sandy on people who inject drugs in New York City
(2015)Over the eight months following Hurricane Sandy, of October 2012, we interviewed 300 people who inject drugs in New York City. During the week after the storm, 28% rescued others or volunteered with aid groups; 60% experienced ...
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Interpersonal Attacks on the Dignity of Members of HIV Key Populations: A Descriptive and Exploratory Study
(2017)Attacks on peoples’ dignity help to produce and maintain stigmatization and interpersonal hostility. As part of an effort to develop innovative measures of possible pathways between structural interventions or socially-disruptive ...
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Measuring Altruistic and Solidaristic Orientations Toward Others among People Who Inject Drugs
(2015)The altruism and/or solidarity of people who inject drugs helps protect sex and drug partners from HIV. Research has been hindered by lack of measures. We developed and administered scales to assess them to 300 people who ...
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National income inequality and declining GDP growth rates are associated with increases in HIV diagnoses among people who inject drugs in Europe: A panel data analysis
(2015)Background: There is sparse evidence that demonstrates the association between macro-environmental processes and drug-related HIV epidemics. The present study explores the relationship between economic, socio-economic, ...