The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users

There is increasing appreciation of the need to understand how social and structural factors shape HIV risk. Drawing on a review of recently published literature, we seek to describe the social structural production of HIV risk associated with injecting drug use. We adopt an inclusive definition of...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 1026 - 1044
Main Authors:	Rhodes, Tim, Singer, Merrill, Bourgois, Philippe, Friedman, Samuel R., Strathdee, Steffanie A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2005 Elsevier Pergamon Press Inc
Series:	Social Science & Medicine
Subjects:	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS AIDS Injecting drug use Risk environment Prevention Appreciation Biological and medical sciences Borders Change agents Community action Community change Deprivation Deprived areas Discrimination Drug abuse Drug abusers Drug Injection Drug use Drug users Drugs Economic change Economic factors Economic restructuring Economics Emergencies Environment Ethnic relations Ethnicity Gender relations Health Policy Health risks HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - prevention & control HIV Infections - transmission HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus Human rights Human viral diseases Humans Inequality Infectious diseases Injecting drug use Injections International trade Law Enforcement Literature reviews Medical sciences Migration Miscellaneous Natural disasters Needle sharing Neighborhoods Peer groups Peer relationships Politics Prevention Prevention programs Preventive medicine Prisons Production Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Risk Risk environment Risk factors Risk-Taking Risks Sexuality Sexually transmitted diseases Social capital Social change Social Environment Social factors Social groups Social interaction Social networks Social Problems Social Reproduction Social Stratification STD Stigma Structural analysis Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids HIV/AIDS Risk environment Prevention Injecting drug use Social environment Human Immunopathology Drug addiction Intravenous administration Retroviridae Risk AIDS Immune deficiency Lentivirus Infection Virus Viral disease Risk factor Human immunodeficiency virus Social aspect Public health
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347
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