tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Comparison of injecting drug users who obtain syringes from pharmacies and syringe exchange programs in Tallinn, Estonia"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Comparison of injecting drug users who obtain syringes from pharmacies and syringe exchange programs in Tallinn, Estonia | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Comparison of injecting drug users who obtain syringes from pharmacies and syringe exchange programs in Tallinn Estonia Sigrid Vorobjov 1 2 Anneli Uuskula2 3 Katri Abel-Ollo1 Ave Talu1 Kristi Ruutel3 4 and Don C Des Jarlais5 Open Access Address Woman Drug Monitoring Centre National Institute for Health Development Hiiu 42 11619 Tallinn Estonia 2Estonian Centre of Excellence in Behavioural and Health Sciences Tiigi 78 50410 Tartu Estonia 3Department of Public Health University of Tartu Ravila 19 50411 Tartu Estonia 4Department of Infectious Diseases and Drug Prevention National Institute for Health Development Hiiu 42 11619 Tallinn Estonia and 5Chemical Dependency Institute Beth Israel Medical Center 160 Water St New York NY 10038 USA Email Sigrid Vorobjov - Anneli Uuskula - Katri Abel-Ollo - Ave Talu - Kristi Ruutel - Don C Des Jarlais - Dcdesjarla@ Corresponding author Published 20 February 2009 Received 16 September 2008 Accepted 20 February 2009 Harm Reduction Journal 2009 6 3 doi l477-75l7-6-3 This article is available from http content 6 l 3 2009 Vorobjov et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Both syringe exchange programs SEPs and pharmacy sales of syringes are available in Estonia though the current high incidence and high prevalence of HIV among injection drug users IDUs in Tallinn Estonia requires large-scale implementation of additional harm reduction programs as a matter of great urgency. The aims of this report were to compare risk behavior and HIV infection and to assess the prevention .