HIV infection during limited versus combined HIV prevention programs for IDUs in New York City: The importance of transmission behaviors

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 109; no. 1; pp. 154 - 160
• Main Authors: Des Jarlais, Don C., Arasteh, Kamyar, McKnight, Courtney, Hagan, Holly, Perlman, David C., Torian, Lucia V., Beatice, Sara, Semaan, Salaam, Friedman, Samuel R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.06.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; At risk; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Collection; Drug addiction; Ethnicity; Female; Health Education; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV Infections - transmission; HIV prevention programs; Human viral diseases; Humans; IDUs; Infection; Infectious diseases; Intravenous drug addicts; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Needle-Exchange Programs; Needles; New York City; New York City - epidemiology; Odds Ratio; Prevention and actions; Prevention for positives; Preventive programmes; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk-Taking; Sexual Behavior; Social Environment; Socioeconomic Factors; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology; Syringe exchange; Testing; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Young Adult; New York; United States; North America; America; New York City; New York City; IDUs; HIV prevention programs; Prevention for positives; Syringe exchange; Intravenous administration; Transmission; Prevention; Behavior; Public health; Human; Immunopathology; Sanitary program; Drug addiction; Urban environment; Retroviridae; Needle sharing; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; Infection; Virus; Addiction; Viral disease; Limit; Human immunodeficiency virus; Comparative study

As no single HIV prevention program has eliminated HIV transmission, there is growing interest in the effectiveness of “combined” prevention programming. To compare HIV infection among persons injecting in the initial programs environment (IPE) in New York City (self-initiated risk reduction, methad...