| Title: |
Accessing methadone within Moldovan prisons: Prejudice and myths amplified by peers |
| Authors: |
Polonsky, M.; Azbel, L.; Wickersham, J.; Marcus, R.; Doltu, S.; Grishaev, E.; Dvoryak, S.; Altice, F. |
| Source: |
International Journal of Drug Policy (29) 1-8 |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Subject Terms: |
adult; female; Health Knowledge; attitudes; practice; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Male; methadone; Moldova; Opioid-Related Disorders; prejudice; prisoners; Young Adult |
| Description: |
Moldova, a land-locked country of 3 million people in Eastern Europe that borders Romania and Ukraine, has rising HIV incidence, especially among people who inject drugs PWID. HIV prevalence in PWIDs is estimated as 28% UNAIDS, 2014 and criminalization of drugs results in PWIDs being concentrated within the criminal justice system, and therefore in increased numbers of people living with HIV PLH in prisons Walmsley, 2014. For example, HIV prevalence in Moldova is 0.7% nationally, yet 2.7-fold greater 1.9% among prisoners. Similar to other countries of the former Soviet Union FSU, HIV, PWID and incarceration in Moldova are syndemic Dolan et al., 2007. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
09553959 |
| Relation: |
https://ibn.idsi.md/vizualizare_articol/171493; urn:issn:09553959 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.12.016 |
| Availability: |
https://ibn.idsi.md/vizualizare_articol/171493; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.12.016 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.611F2980 |
| Database: |
BASE |