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Taking care of themselves: how long-term injection drug users remain HIV and Hepatitis C free.
Sociol Health Illn
May 2015
International Center for AIDS Research and Training, Botkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases, St. Petersburg, Russia and Centre for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Article Synopsis
- Many long-term people who inject drugs (PWID) in New York manage to avoid HIV and Hepatitis C infection despite high prevalence rates.
- The article uses life history interviews with 35 PWID to explore how balancing various roles in their lives contributes to their non-infection.
- Understanding the non-risk aspects of these individuals' lives is crucial for analyzing their risk behaviors and the outcomes related to their health status.