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J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
January 2025
Sociology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
Black communities in the United States (U.S.) have faced stark inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes.
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January 2025
Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
Introduction: The emergence of xylazine into the U.S. drug supply has increased demand for wound care services among people who inject drugs (PWID).
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November 2024
Griffith Centre for Mental Health, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Injectors Voice for Advocacy and Action, Queensland, Australia.
Introduction: People who use drugs have a long history of mobilising to reduce harm within their communities, significantly influencing harm reduction efforts globally. Peers with lived experience contribute through needle exchange programs, harm reduction education, and community-based research. Despite facing stigma, their initiatives have generated multiple benefits for communities.
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December 2024
University of Kentucky, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Rural communities in the US have increasing HIV burden tied to injection drug use, yet engagement in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care has been low among people who inject drugs (PWID). Syringe service programs (SSPs) are widely implemented in Kentucky's Appalachian region, presenting an important opportunity to scale PrEP services. This paper examines PrEP awareness, interest and preferences among PWID attending community-based SSPs in Appalachia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at risk of HIV acquisition. The number of PWID in South African cities is increasing, and in spite of an advanced HIV prevention and treatment programme, there are PWID who experience challenges accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV related services. Access to and acceptability of SRH and harm reduction services by PWID needs to be further understood and explored.
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