Migration to the US among rural Puerto Ricans who inject drugs: influential factors, sources of support, and challenges for harm reduction interventions.
Roberto AbadieP HabeckerC Gelpi-AcostaK DombrowskiPublished in: BMC public health (2019)
A multi-region approach to prevention is required to make a dent in curbing HIV/HCV transmission in this population. Understanding PWID migration patterns, risk behaviors, and health care needs in the US is now more important than ever as natural disasters prompted by human-made climate change will only increase in the future, raising demands not only for service providers but also harm reduction policies to cope with an increasing influx of "climate refugees" as PWID move across national borders.
Keyphrases
- climate change
- healthcare
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- endothelial cells
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- public health
- south africa
- mental health
- hiv testing
- physical activity
- hiv aids
- drinking water
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- quality improvement
- current status
- men who have sex with men
- pluripotent stem cells
- risk assessment
- social media
- health information