Some risk factors of HIV infection of prisoners in the QN prison-Ministry of Public Security in 2004
- Author:
Pham Duc Chan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HIV infection
- MeSH:
HIV;
Risk Factors;
Prisoners
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;0(12):5-9
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study of some risk factors of HIV infection prisoners in Quang Ninh Prison-Ministry of Public Security in 2004. Drug addiction is the shortest way resulting in criminal and HIV infection. Drug abuse criminals with HIV who were arrested and sent to prisons are increasing more and more. The results of cross-sectional study on 174 subjects showed that the percentage of HIV infection among prisoners in Quang Ninh was 21.4%; good knowledge of HIV/AIDS was at low level (9.2-59.8%); the percentage of prisoners who have ever used drugs was rather high (39.3%), heroin is the most common drug to be abused and the means of using drug is mixed (smoke, inhale, injection). Behaviors such as making sexual intercourse before the age of 20, drug injections, sharing syringe-needle significantly increased the risk of HIV injection
