A review of HIV prevention among young injecting drug users: A guide for researchers
- Dolan Kate A
- Niven Heather
Publication date
March 2005
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC Journal
Harm Reduction JournalAbstract
Abstract Young people aged 15–24 years account for fifty percent of all new AIDS cases worldwide. Moreover, half of all new HIV infections are associated with injection drug use. The average age for initiation into injecting drug use is 20 years of age. This paper investigates whether HIV prevention programs have reduced risk behaviours in young people.</p
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