Confronting the AIDS epidemic among i.v. drug users: does ethnic culture matter?

摘要: The AIDS education and prevention literature contains numerous calls for the development of culturally relevant efforts to reach members ethnic minority populations. In on IV drug users (IVDUs), however, this issue finds less emphasis despite disproportionate rate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in IVDUs. reason appears be sense field that primary culture IVDU is rather than culture. This paper explores light a review recent research IVDUs, ethnicity, risk behavior. Specifically, covers 6 topics differences: changing patterns use prevalence, prevalence among needle-related risk, polydrug use, sexual subculture. Finding does matter behavior, examines typology analysis discontinuities intercultural communication presents framework comparing alternative models overcoming cultural barriers effective with