The staying safe intervention: Training people who inject drugs in strategies to avoid injection-related HCV and HIV infection

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-157

  Mateu Gelabert, Pedro ^a   Viorst Gvvadz, Marya ^b   Guarino, Honoria ^a   Sandoval, Milagros ^a   Cleland, Charles M ^b   Jordan, Ashly ^b   Hagan, Holly ^b   Lune, Howard ^c   Friedman, Samuel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PLANNING; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEEDLE SHARING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900561740     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2014.26.2.144     Document Type: Article

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