ArticleInternational journal of behavioral medicine2017
HIV Risk Perception and Risky Behavior Among People Who Inject Drugs in Kermanshah, Western Iran.
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- Prevalence of mental health conditions among people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid systematic review and meta-analysis.HIV medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Harm reduction program and hepatitis C prevalence in people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran: an updated systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2021Pooled it
- Dental caries and periodontal disease among people who use drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2020Pooled it
- Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people who use substances: a case study in Tehran.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- HIV testing and its associated factors among street-based female sex workers in Iran: results of a national rapid assessment and response survey.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Investigating the contributing factors to HIV/AIDS infection from the perspective of HIV-infected patients.BMC psychology · 2021Article
- Drug injection and associated factors among the elderly living with HIV/AIDS in Tehran, Iran.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2021Article
- Methamphetamine use and HIV risk behavior among men who inject drugs: causal inference using coarsened exact matching.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Development and evidence of validity of the HIV risk perception scale for young adults in a Hispanic-American context.PloS one · 2020Article
- Needle and Syringe Programs and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Inject Drugs: A Multilevel Analysis of Two Cities in Iran.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- HIV risk perception and sexual behaviors among female sex workers in Tehran, Iran.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2019Article
- Effect of Alcohol Use on Injection and Sexual Behavior among People Who Inject Drugs in Tehran, Iran: A Coarsened Exact Matching Approach.Journal of research in health sciences · 2018Article
- Decomposing economic disparities in risky sexual behaviors among people who inject drugs in Tehran: Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis.Epidemiology and health · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeUnderstanding and increasing awareness on individual risk for HIV infection as well as HIV risk perception's effects on different behavioral outcomes for people who inject drugs (PWID) is important for policymaking and planning purposes. The objectives of the present study were to determine whether HIV risk perception was associated with greater injection and sexual risk-taking behaviors among PWIDs.
methodWe surveyed 460 PWID in Kermanshah regarding their demographic characteristics, sexual risk behaviors, HIV risk perception, and drug-related risk behaviors in the month prior to the study. Three classes of HIV risk perception were identified using ordinal regression to determine factors associated with HIV risk perception.
resultsStudy participants were categorized as follows: "low" (n = 100, 22%), "moderate" (n = 150, 32%), and "high" (n = 210, 46%) risk perception for becoming infected with HIV. The odds of categorizing as "high" risk for HIV was significantly greater in PWID that reported unprotected sex (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.4, p value 0.02), receptive syringe sharing (AOR 1.8, p value 0.01), and multiple sex partners (AOR 1.4, p value 0.03). PWID who reported unprotected sex had 2.7 times the odds of "high" risk perception when compared to PWID with "low" risk perception.
conclusionFindings show that PWID could rate their HIV risk with acceptable accuracy. Additionally, perceived HIV risk was associated with many risk factors for transmission of HIV, emphasizing the importance of developing targeted prevention and harm reduction programs for all domains of risk behaviors, both sexual and drug-related use.
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