Do community-based strategies reduce HIV risk among people who inject drugs in China? A quasi-experimental study in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Kai ^a   Fu, Hongyun ^b   Longfield, Kim ^c   Modi, Shilpa ^c   Mundy, Gary ^d   Firestone, Rebecca ^c  

^a PSI China Harmonious Society Hongyun Community   (China)

^b PSI China   (United States)

^c PSI   (United States)

^d United Nations World Food Programme   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Behavior change communication (BCC); Coarsened exact matching (CEM); Community based outreach; Condom use; Drop in center; HIV testing and counseling (HTC); Needle syringe exchange program (NSP); People who inject drugs (PWID); Respondent driven sampling (RDS); Social marketing

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION; CHINA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HARM REDUCTION MODEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUG; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SYRINGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900563921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-11-15     Document Type: Article

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