Drug injecting and HIV risk among injecting drug users in Hai Phong, Vietnam: A qualitative analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ahmed, Tanvir ^a   Long, Thanh Nguyen ^b   Huong, Phan Thi ^b   Stewart, Donald Edwin ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Vietnam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; HIV; Injecting drug user; Prevention; Qualitative; Sharing; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84924268420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1404-3     Document Type: Article

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