Open AccessPrevalence and predictors of self-reported risk behaviors among male injecting drug users
Author(s) -
Deepak Sharma,
Naveen Krishan Goel,
Dinesh Walia,
Meenal Madhukar Thakare,
Vanita Gupta,
Sandeep Mittal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_279_18
Subject(s) - medicine , harm reduction , condom , needle sharing , logistic regression , demography , syringe , sexual intercourse , unsafe sex , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , casual , environmental health , family medicine , population , psychiatry , syphilis , sociology , materials science , composite material
Unsafe injecting drug use is a documented risk factor for the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Harm reduction strategy aims at reducing this deleterious consequence.