ArticleJournal of the International AIDS Society2014
Punitive policing and associated substance use risks among HIV-positive people in Russia who inject drugs.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Policing Practices and Risk of HIV Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs.Epidemiologic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review.The lancet. HIV · 2017Pooled it
- Incarceration history, antiretroviral therapy, and stigma: A cross-sectional study of people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Trial
- Municipal police support for harm reduction services in officer-led referrals of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.Harm reduction journal · 2021Trial
- Stigma and other correlates of sharing injection equipment among people with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia.Global public health · 2024Article
- The urgent need for opioid agonist treatment in Russia.The lancet. HIV · 2023Article
- Cohort profile: the Kyrgyzstan InterSectional Stigma (KISS) injection drug use cohort study.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Capacity for sustainment of recently established syringe service programs in Appalachian Kentucky: The central role of staff champions.Drug and alcohol review · 2022Article
- Supporting the Health of HIV-Positive People Who Inject Drugs During COVID-19 and Beyond: Lessons for the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- HIV and Substance Use Stigma, Intersectional Stigma and Healthcare Among HIV-Positive PWID in Russia.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Violence, HIV Risks, and Polysubstance Use Among HIV-Positive People Who Inject Drugs in Ukraine.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Dyadic analysis of criminal justice involvement and hiv risks among couples who inject drugs and their intimate partners in almaty, kazakhstan.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Article
- HIV, Drug Injection, and Harm Reduction Trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Implications for International and Domestic Policy.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Differences by sex in associations between injection drug risks and drug crime conviction among people who inject drugs in Almaty, Kazakhstan.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- A Cohort Approach to Real-Time Detection of Acute HIV Infections Among People Who Inject Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2018Article
- HIV Stigma and Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among People Living with HIV in Russia.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- The perfect storm: incarceration and the high-risk environment perpetuating transmission of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.Lancet (London, England) · 2016Review
- Opioid Use in the Twenty First Century: Similarities and Differences Across National Borders.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2016Article
- Mandatory addiction treatment for people who use drugs: global health and human rights analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2016Article
- The association between psychosocial and structural-level stressors and HIV injection drug risk behavior among Malaysian fishermen: A cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2016Article
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introductionDrug law enforcement is part of the HIV risk environment among people who inject drugs (PWID). Punitive policing practices such as extrajudicial arrests for needle possession and police planting of drugs have been described anecdotally in Russia, but these experiences and their associations with risky drug behaviours have not been quantified. This study aims to quantify the burden of extrajudicial police arrests among a cohort of HIV-positive PWID in Russia and to explore its links to drug-related health outcomes.
methodsIn a cross-sectional study of 582 HIV-positive people with lifetime injection drug use (IDU) in St. Petersburg, Russia, we estimated the prevalence of self-reported extrajudicial police arrests. We used multiple logistic regression to evaluate associations between arrests and the following outcomes: overdose, recent IDU and receptive needle sharing.
findingsThis cohort's mean age was 29.8 years, 60.8% were male; 75.3% reported non-fatal drug overdose, 50.3% recent IDU and 47.3% receptive needle sharing. Extrajudicial arrests were reported by more than half (60.5%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 56.5-64.5) and were associated with higher odds of non-fatal drug overdose (AOR 1.52, 95% CI: 1.02-2.25) but not with recent IDU (AOR 1.17, arrests were associated with receptive needle sharing (AOR 1.84, 95% CI: 1.09-3.09).
conclusionsExtrajudicial police arrests were common among this cohort of Russian HIV-positive PWID and associated with non-fatal overdose and, among those with recent IDU, receptive needle sharing. As a part of the HIV risk environment of PWIDs, these practices might contribute to HIV transmission and overdose mortality. Further research is needed to relate these findings to the operational environment of law enforcement and to better understand how police interventions among PWIDs can improve the HIV risk environment.
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