What is it about?
how long-term injection drug users remain HIV and Hepatitis C free. this article seeks to show how successful integration and performance of various drug using and non-drug using roles may have contributed to some of these PWID’s staying uninfected with either virus. We argue that analysis of non-risk related aspects of the lives of the risk-takers (PWID) is very important in understanding their risk-taking behaviour and its outcomes (infection statuses).
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Why is it important?
We can gain insight on strategies and tactics people who inject drug use to Stay Safe and avoid HIV infection
Perspectives
The article argues that non-risk aspects of behavior is as important as risk aspects for understanding risk
Dr Peter Meylakhs
Higher School of Economics
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This page is a summary of: Taking care of themselves: how long-term injection drug users remain HIV and Hepatitis C free, Sociology of Health & Illness, February 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12226.
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