tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar: a case control study"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar: a case control study | Swe et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2010 7 12 http content 7 1 12 HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL RESEARCH Open Access Risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar a case control study Lin A Swe 1 Kay K Nyo22 and AK Rashid23 Abstract Background The severity of HIV AIDS pandemic linked to injecting drug use is one of the most worrying medical and social problems throughout the world in recent years. Myanmar has one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV among the IDUs in the region. Aim The objective of the study was to determine the risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar. Methods A non matched case control study was conducted among 217 respondents registered with a non governmental organization s harm reduction center. 78 HIV positive IDUs were used as cases and 139 non HIV positive IDUs as controls. The study was conducted between April-May 2009. Data was analysed using SPSS version 15 and the study was ethically conducted. Results Factors like age marital status age first used drugs drug use expenditure reason for drug use age first used injection were found to be significant. Other risk factors found significantly associated with HIV among IDU were education OR location of respondent OR type of syringe first used OR sharing syringe at the first injection OR and failure of drug detoxification programme OR . More HIV positive IDUs were returning used syringes in the centre OR . Conclusions Prudent measures such as access to sterile syringes and continuous health education programmes among IDUs and their sexual partners are required to reduce high risk behaviours of IDUs in Myanmar. Background The severity of HIV AIDS pandemic linked to injecting drug use is one of the most worrying medical and social problems throughout the world in recent years. Asia is by no means immune to this phenomenon where HIV is spreading early and rapidly among this group of people. In parts of .

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