Cohort profile: the Kyrgyzstan InterSectional Stigma (KISS) injection drug use cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Kyrgyzstan and other Eastern European and Central Asian countries, injection drug use and HIV-related intersectional stigma undermines HIV prevention efforts, fueling a rapidly expanding HIV epidemic. The Kyrgyzstan InterSectional Stigma (KISS) Injection Drug Use Cohort is the first study designed to assess the impact of drug use, methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and HIV stigma experiences among people who inject drugs (PWID) on HIV prevention service utilization.

Methods

Adult PWID were recruited from Bishkek city and the surrounding rural Chuy Oblast region in northern Kyrgyzstan via modified time location sampling and snowball sampling. All participants completed a baseline rapid HIV test and interviewer-administered survey. A subsample of participants

SUBMITTER: Smith LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9131652 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature