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Law enforcement influences on HIV prevention for injection drug users: Observations from a cross-border project in China and Vietnam
(Influences de l'application de la loi sur la prévention du VIH chez les usagers de drogues : observations faites à partir d'un projet transfrontalier conduit en Chine et au Vietnam)
Auteur(s) :
HAMMETT, T. M. ;
BARTLETT, N. A. ;
CHEN, Y. ;
NGU D. ;
DINH CUONG D. ;
MINH PHUONG N. ;
HUU THO N. ;
KIEU VAN, L. ;
LIU, W. ;
DONGHUA M. ;
SHAOMI X. ;
CHEN, H. ;
NGOC QUYEN H. ;
BROADHEAD, R. S. ;
DES JARLAIS, D. C.
Année :
2005
Page(s) :
235-245
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
28
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
CHINE
;
VIETNAM
Thésaurus mots-clés
PARTENARIAT
;
POLICE
;
USAGER
;
PREVENTION SECONDAIRE
;
PROGRAMME
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
ECHANGE DE SERINGUES
;
VIH
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
Note générale :
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2005, 16, (4), 235-245
Résumé :
Law enforcement activity has had multiple influences on injection drug users' (IDUs') participation in a cross-border HIV prevention project in southern China and northern Vietnam. The project has successfully achieved and maintained the official support of police and other government agencies and effectively implemented its interventions. However, analysis of process data, site visit observations, and interviews with project staff, peer educators, IDUs, and police officers reveal the ongoing effects of actual and perceived threats from law enforcement, as well as community stigmatisation, on IDUs' project participation. These effects are discernible in variations in the monthly numbers of needles/syringes provided, cross-border differences in IDUs' preferred ways to receive new needles/syringes and retain used needles/syringes for exchange, and geographic patterns of IDUs' receiving and redeeming pharmacy vouchers. HIV prevention programmes must not only maintain the support of police and other officials but also convince IDUs that it is both beneficial and safe for them to participate in the interventions. Programmes must also be implemented with flexibility, adapting to the potentially changeable preferences, perceptions, and needs of IDUs. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA