ArticleSociology of health & illness2015
Taking care of themselves: how long-term injection drug users remain HIV and Hepatitis C free.
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- Socioenvironmental disasters and the dialectics of overdose mortality.The International journal on drug policy · 2026Article
- Navigating US illicit drug market volatility: harm reduction strategies employed by people who inject drugs.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Responsibility in Medical Sociology: A Second, Reflexive Look.The American sociologist · 2022Article
- A New Generation of Drug Users in St. Petersburg, Russia? HIV, HCV, and Overdose Risks in a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of Young Hard Drug Users.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- "Until people start dying in droves, no actions will be taken": perception and experience of HIV-preventive measures among people who inject drugs in northwestern Russia.Harm reduction journal · 2017Article
- More than just someone to inject drugs with: Injecting within primary injection partnerships.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Article
- Some Musings About Big Events and the Past and Future of Drug Use and of HIV and Other Epidemics.Substance use & misuse · 2015Article
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Abstract
Though prevalence of HIV and especially Hepatitis C is high among people who inject drugs (PWID) in New York, about a third of those who have injected for 8-15 years have avoided infection by either virus despite their long-term drug use. Based on life history interviews with 35 long-term PWID in New York, this article seeks to show how successful integration and performance of various drug using and non-drug using roles may have contributed to some of these PWID's staying uninfected with either virus. We argue that analysis of non-risk related aspects of the lives of the risk-takers (PWID) is very important in understanding their risk-taking behaviour and its outcomes (infection statuses). Drawing on work-related, social and institutional resources, our double-negative informants underwent both periods of stability and turmoil without getting infected.
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