Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam
The estimated number of drug users across Vietnam varies between 128,000 and 183,000 depending on sources of data which are used. However, the actual number of users is unknown and believed to be higher than these estimates, since the beginning of 2002 many have been arrested and sent to mandatory ‘...
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| description | The estimated number of drug users across Vietnam varies between 128,000 and 183,000 depending on sources of data which are used. However, the actual number of users is unknown and believed to be higher than these estimates, since the beginning of 2002 many have been arrested and sent to mandatory ‘rehabilitation centers’. Despite increases in spending HIV remains a massive problem among people who inject drugs. This image and the attached field note are striking in their ability to tell a story about poverty and inadequate treatment for opiate use in Vietnam. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-352042017-09-13T15:32:02Z Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam Higgs, Peter HIV Vietnam The estimated number of drug users across Vietnam varies between 128,000 and 183,000 depending on sources of data which are used. However, the actual number of users is unknown and believed to be higher than these estimates, since the beginning of 2002 many have been arrested and sent to mandatory ‘rehabilitation centers’. Despite increases in spending HIV remains a massive problem among people who inject drugs. This image and the attached field note are striking in their ability to tell a story about poverty and inadequate treatment for opiate use in Vietnam. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35204 10.1089/AID.2014.0310 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | HIV Vietnam Higgs, Peter Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam |
| title | Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam |
| title_full | Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam |
| title_short | Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam |
| title_sort | field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern vietnam |
| topic | HIV Vietnam |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35204 |