Attitudes toward opioid substitution therapy and pre-incarceration HIV transmission behaviors among HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia: Implications for secondary prevention
Bachireddy C, Bazazi AR, Kavasery R, Govindasamy S, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Attitudes toward opioid substitution therapy and pre-incarceration HIV transmission behaviors among HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia: Implications for secondary prevention. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2011, 116: 151-157. PMID: 21232882, PMCID: PMC3084892, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAttitudeComorbidityHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMalaysiaMaleMiddle AgedNeedle SharingOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersPrisonersPrisonsRisk-TakingSecondary PreventionSexual BehaviorSubstance Abuse, IntravenousTime FactorsUnsafe SexYoung AdultConceptsOpioid substitution therapyHIV transmission behaviorsSubstitution therapyUnprotected sexSecondary HIV prevention effortsCommunity HIV transmissionInjection of buprenorphineSecondary HIV preventionInjection drug useHIV prevention effortsSterile injection equipmentOpioid injectionSecondary preventionOpioid dependenceHIV transmissionHIV preventionMale prisonersHIV riskInjection riskDrug useHIVCareful monitoringSexual riskBehavioral interventionsPrevention efforts