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HIV among people using anabolic steroid in the United Kingdom: an overview

Bates, G, Hope, V and McVeigh, J (2017) HIV among people using anabolic steroid in the United Kingdom: an overview. HIV Nursing, 17 (1). ISSN 1474-7359

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Abstract

Since the mid-1980s, preventing HIV transmission among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) has been one of the cornerstones of the UK’s response to HIV. The early comprehensive implementation of harm reduction, particularly needle and syringe programmes, has been widely acknowledged as key to a low prevalence of HIV among PWIDs in the UK. However, this harm-reduction strategy was developed to avert an HIV epidemic among people injecting heroin [1] and while the prevalence in this population remains low [2,3], it is clear that there are now emerging populations of PWIDs with different patterns of drug use and risks [4,5]. This article discusses one of these: anabolic steroid use in the context of HIV, and highlights the potential for the nursing profession to reduce HIV-transmission risk, and to improve the health of this diverse and vulnerable population through the use of existing knowledge and expertise.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions: Public Health Institute
Publisher: Medisrcipt Ltd
Date Deposited: 28 Apr 2017 10:49
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2021 11:45
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6148
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