Journal article
Social context, diversity and risk among women who inject drugs in Vietnam: Descriptive findings from a cross-sectional survey
OTH Khuat, M Morrow, TNN Nguyen, G Armstrong
Harm Reduction Journal | Published : 2015
Abstract
Background: Women who inject drugs (WWID) are neglected globally in research and programming yet may be likelier than males to practise sexual and injecting risks and be infected with HIV and more stigmatised but seek fewer services. Little is known about characteristics, practices and nexus between drugs and sex work of WWID in Vietnam, where unsafe injecting has driven HIV transmission, and commercial sex and inconsistent condom use are prevalent. This was the first quantitative investigation of Vietnamese WWID recruited as injecting drug users. This article summarises descriptive findings. Findings: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among WWID in Hanoi (n = 203) and Ho Chi Minh City ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study was funded by an Australian Development Research Award (Australian government); the funding body had no role in the study's design, implementation, analysis or decision to publish. The authors are grateful for this funding, as well as to the following: all study participants and advisory committee members, Michael Palmer for his helpful suggestions on an earlier draft and Pham Duc Cuong for preliminary data analysis. The article processing charges for this article was funded by the following: United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); World Bank Group; Open Society Foundations; Global Fund Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and World Health Organization. The article has undergone the journal's full standard peer-review process.