Understanding the Reasons for Sharing Syringes or Needles to Inject Drugs: Conventional Content Analysis

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Faghir Gangi Monireh; RASTAD HADITH; NEJAT SAHARNAZ; RAHIMI MOVAGHAR AFARIN; YAZDANI KAMRAN; MIRZAZADEH ALI

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Journal: Addiction and Health Year:2020 | Volume:12 | Issue:2 Page(s): 98-108

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Understanding the Reasons for Sharing Syringes or Needles to Inject Drugs: Conventional Content Analysis

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Drug users

Needle Sharing

Qualitative research

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Background: This qualitative study was undertaken with the aim to identify the reasons for sharing syringes or needles among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran. Methods: We used purposive sampling to recruit 4 groups of participants, male PWID (n = 14), female PWID (n = 6), service providers (n = 8), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/addiction experts (n = 9). Data were collected through 2 focus group discussions (FGDs) among male PWID, and semi-structured interviews with female PWID, service providers, and HIV/addiction experts. Using conventional content analysis, themes were extracted for reasons for sharing needles to inject drugs. Findings: We found 13 themes for barriers such as low perceived risk of HIV, high stigma around drug injection and use, low access to harm reduction education and prevention services due to their limited working hours as a well as uneven geographical distribution of services, some structural barriers like incarceration, poverty, and homelessness, and several competing survival needs beyond the injection-related safe behaviors. Conclusion: Our study was able to provide the perspectives of both PWID and health care authorities and providers towards several barriers to accessing HIV prevention services that lead to Needle Sharing among PWID in Iran. These barriers need to be addressed to achieve the target of HIV epidemic control.

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Faghir Gangi, Monireh, RASTAD, HADITH, NEJAT, SAHARNAZ, RAHIMI MOVAGHAR, AFARIN, YAZDANI, KAMRAN, & MIRZAZADEH, ALI. (2020). Understanding the Reasons for Sharing Syringes or Needles to Inject Drugs: Conventional Content Analysis. ADDICTION AND HEALTH, 12(2 ), 98-108. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/695157/en

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Faghir Gangi Monireh, RASTAD HADITH, NEJAT SAHARNAZ, RAHIMI MOVAGHAR AFARIN, YAZDANI KAMRAN, MIRZAZADEH ALI. Understanding the Reasons for Sharing Syringes or Needles to Inject Drugs: Conventional Content Analysis. ADDICTION AND HEALTH[Internet]. 2020;12(2 ):98-108. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/695157/en

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Monireh Faghir Gangi, HADITH RASTAD, SAHARNAZ NEJAT, AFARIN RAHIMI MOVAGHAR, KAMRAN YAZDANI, and ALI MIRZAZADEH, “Understanding the Reasons for Sharing Syringes or Needles to Inject Drugs: Conventional Content Analysis,” ADDICTION AND HEALTH, vol. 12, no. 2 , pp. 98–108, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/695157/en

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