Variation in HIV Transmission Behaviors Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural US Communities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

People who use drugs (PWUD) continue to be at risk of HIV infection, but the frequency and distribution of transmission-associated behaviors within various rural communities is poorly understood.

Objective

To examine the association of characteristics of rural PWUD with HIV transmission behaviors.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, surveys of PWUD in rural communities in 10 states (Illinois, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) were collected January 2018 through March 2020 and analyzed August through December 2022. A chain-referral sampling strategy identified convenience sample seeds who referred others who used drugs. Rural PWUD who reported any past 30-

SUBMITTER: Jenkins WD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442709 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature