Stigma and other correlates of sharing injection equipment among people with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia.

ABSTRACT: Stigma that people with HIV who inject drugs experience negatively impacts HIV and substance use care, but stigma's association with sharing injection equipment is not known. This is a cross-sectional analysis of data from two studies of people with HIV reporting drug injection (N = 319) in St. Petersburg, Russia (September 2018-December 2020). We used logistic regression to examine associations between HIV stigma and substance use stigma scores (categorised into quartiles) and past 30-day equipment sharing, adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics. Secondary analyses examined associations of arrest history and social support with sharing equipment. Almost half (48.6%) of participants reported sharing injection equipment. Among groups who did and did not share, mean HI

SUBMITTER: Kimmel SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10764055 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature