Impact of sex work on risk behaviours and their association with HIV positivity among people who inject drugs in Eastern Central Canada: cross-sectional results from an open cohort study.

Laurence CampeauKarine BlouinPascale LeclercMichel AlaryCarole MorissetteCaty BlanchetteBouchra SerhirElise Roynull null

Published in: BMJ open (2018)

These results suggest that sex work has an impact on the risk of HIV acquisition and that risk behaviours vary according to gender. Public health practitioners should take those specificities into account when designing HIV prevention interventions aimed at PWIDs.

Keyphrases

public health
antiretroviral therapy
hiv positive
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus
cross sectional
hiv testing
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
south africa
primary care
mental health
general practice