When “the Cure” Is the Risk: Understanding How Substance Use Affects HIV and HCV in a Layered Risk Environment in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Background. Substance use, particularly injection drug use, continues to fuel the HIV/HCV (hepatitis C virus) epidemics in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PR). Aim. This article examines individual and sociostructural factors that affect HIV/HCV risk among people who use drugs (PWUD) living with or at risk f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health education & behavior 2017-10, Vol.44 (5), p.748-757
Hauptverfasser:	Hernández, Diana, Castellón, Pedro C., Fernández, Yohansa, Torres-Cardona, Francisco A., Parish, Carrigan, Gorshein, Danielle, Vidot, Jose Vargas, de Leon, Sandra Miranda, Rodriguez, Allan, Bagur, Jorge Santana, Feaster, Daniel J., Schackman, Bruce R., Metsch, Lisa R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Access to Health Care Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) At Risk Persons Barriers Communities Community Community Relations Cure Data collection Drug Abuse Drug use Drugs Empirical analysis Epidemics Ethnography Health risks Hepatitis Hepatitis C HIV Homeless People Housing Human immunodeficiency virus Individual Characteristics Intervention Interviews Medical treatment Observation Original Article Photography Planning Prevention Recurrent Rehabilitation Retention Risk assessment Social Bias Social Influences Social interactions Social isolation Stigma Substance Abuse Substance abuse treatment Substance use Viruses
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