Review
A review of HIV prevention among young injecting drug users: A guide for researchers
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* Corresponding author: Kate A Dolan k.dolan@unsw.edu.au
The Program of International Research and Training National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Harm Reduction Journal 2005, 2:5 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-2-5
Published: 17 March 2005Abstract
Young people aged 15–24 years account for fifty percent of all new AIDS cases worldwide. Moreover, half of all new HIV infections are associated with injection drug use. The average age for initiation into injecting drug use is 20 years of age. This paper investigates whether HIV prevention programs have reduced risk behaviours in young people.