PMID- 11091781
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20001212
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0954-0121 (Print)
IS  - 0954-0121 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 4
DP  - 2000 Aug
TI  - The social context of HIV risk behaviour by drug injectors in Ho Chi Minh City, 
      Vietnam.
PG  - 483-95
AB  - A combined research approach with both quantitative and qualitative methods was 
      used to contextualize risk behaviour among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Ho chi 
      Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, in April 1997. A total of 630 IDUs (330 inside and 300 
      outside the rehabilitation centre) were recruited to the study. Very high-risk 
      injecting behaviour among IDUs in the past, including sharing needles, syringes 
      and drug solutions from the same drug pot in shooting galleries, may explain why 
      HIV prevalence among IDUs in HCM has been growing rapidly. IDUs who had in the 
      past injected on the street, used syringes from shooting galleries, were injected 
      by drug dealers and/or joined in needle sharing were more likely to be sharing 
      needles and syringes currently. Condom use was low, and was mainly with female 
      sex workers but not with regular partners. Both IDUs who continue to use shooting 
      galleries and shooting gallery owners should be educated on the necessity of 
      using clean injecting equipment and on how to clean it properly. Co-ordination 
      between ministries and agencies involved in HIV/AIDS and drugs programmes is 
      needed to create policies for supportive environments to bring about changes in 
      both drug use and HIV risk behaviours.
FAU - Hien, N T
AU  - Hien NT
AD  - Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Dong da, Hanoi, Vietnam. 
      mph.hmcvnl@hn.vnn.vn
FAU - Giang, L T
AU  - Giang LT
FAU - Binh, P N
AU  - Binh PN
FAU - Wolffers, I
AU  - Wolffers I
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - AIDS Care
JT  - AIDS care
JID - 8915313
SB  - IM
MH  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*epidemiology/transmission
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Needle Sharing
MH  - *Risk-Taking
MH  - Sexual Behavior
MH  - Social Behavior
MH  - Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*epidemiology
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
EDAT- 2000/11/25 11:00
MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01
CRDT- 2000/11/25 11:00
PHST- 2000/11/25 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2000/11/25 11:00 [entrez]
AID - DLQ0NWG9MQ4RF1A3 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/09540120050123882 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - AIDS Care. 2000 Aug;12(4):483-95. doi: 10.1080/09540120050123882.