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1. Prevalence of HIV infection and associated risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Kermanshah, Iran: 2017

Author

Peter Higgs, Koorosh Etemad, Hamid Gheibipour, and Asaad Sharhani

Subjects
Drug injection, education.field_of_study, Health (social science), business.industry, Population, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 030508 substance abuse, Medicine (miscellaneous), Risk behavior, medicine.disease_cause, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Environmental health, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Risk factor, 0305 other medical science, business, education
Abstract

Background: Globally, the prevalence of HIV infection among People Who Inject Drugs (PWIDs) is higher than the general population due to high-risk behaviors. The aim of this study was to determine ...

Published
2020

2. Correlates of injecting paraphernalia sharing among male drug injectors in Kermanshah, Iran: implications for HCV prevention

Author

Koorosh Etemad, Mehdi Noroozi, Peter Higgs, Maryam Nasirian, Ahmad Hajebi, Behrooz Hamzeh, Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha, Ebrahim Shakiba, Asaad Sharhani, Alireza Noroozi, Yadollah Mehrabi, and Nahid Khademi

Subjects
Drug, Harm reduction, Health (social science), business.industry, Transmission (medicine), Hepatitis C virus, media_common.quotation_subject, Medicine (miscellaneous), Hepatitis C, medicine.disease_cause, medicine.disease, Paraphernalia, Environmental health, medicine, business, media_common
Abstract

Background: Sharing of injecting paraphernalia is known to contribute to hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission amongst people who inject drugs.Objectives: In this paper, we identify the variables co...

Published
2019

3. Estimation of direct and indirect effects of risk behaviors on HCV infection among people who inject drugs in Kermanshah, Iran: a path analysis study

Author

Peter Higgs, Asaad Sharhani, Koorosh Etemad, Alireza Noroozi, Soheila Khodakarim, and Hamid Gheibipour

Subjects
Drug injection, Health (social science), business.industry, Hepatitis C virus, Environmental health, medicine, Global health, Medicine (miscellaneous), Risk behavior, medicine.disease_cause, business, Path analysis (statistics)
Abstract

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is global health problem with an estimated 415,000 deaths in 2015. The objective of this study was to explore the direct and indirect effects o...

Published
2019

4. Social determinants associated with risky sexual behaviors among men who inject drugs in Kermanshah, Western Iran

Author

Katherine Waye, Mostafa Qorbani, Salah Eddin Karimi, Elahe Ahounbar, Mehdi Noroozi, Azam Rahmani, Bahram Armoon, Sina Ahmadi, Asaad Sharhani, Mohammad Farhadi, Neda Alibeigi, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan, and Yaser Mokhayeri

Subjects
03 medical and health sciences, 030505 public health, 0302 clinical medicine, Health (social science), Sexual behavior, Medicine (miscellaneous), 030212 general & internal medicine, Social determinants of health, 0305 other medical science, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Abstract

Background: Limited studies exist on risky sexual behaviors and sociodemographic variables among people who use drugs. Understanding the social determinants of risky sexual behaviors is important f...

Published
2018

5. Factors associated with HIV risk perception among people who inject drugs: Findings from a cross-sectional behavioral survey in Kermanshah, Iran

Author

Sina Ahmadi, Salahedin Karimi, Asaad Sharhani, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Mohammad Farhadi, Bahram Armoon, Elahe Ahounbar, Fatemeh Rezaei, Brandon D.L. Marshal, Hamid Sharifi, Mehdi Noroozi, Omid Rezaei, Mohammad Abbasi, Ali Bazrafshan, Azam Rahmani, Ali Farhoudian, and Mohammad Najafi

Subjects
Health (social science), genetic structures, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, virus diseases, 030508 substance abuse, Medicine (miscellaneous), Hiv risk, behavioral disciplines and activities, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Perception, Environmental health, Medicine, sense organs, 030212 general & internal medicine, 0305 other medical science, business, Social psychology, psychological phenomena and processes, media_common
Abstract

Background: In Iran there are limited data regarding HIV risk perceptions among people who inject drugs (PWID). The objective of this study was to explore HIV risk perception and to examine factors...

Published
2017

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