title: [The effect of a syringe-exchange program on a decrease in the risk of HIV infection among intravenous narcotic abusers in the city of Rostov-on-Don].
abstract: The necessity and effectiveness of introducing the program of the exchange of syringes for intravenous drug users as a preventive and antiepidemic measure are discussed. Preventive and antiepidemic measures within the concept of harm reduction are described. The comparative analysis of materials obtained as a result of two sociological questionings, carried out in 1997-1998 among the representatives of the community (random nonrepeating choice) and in the middle of 1999 among the participants of the program revealed that the participants of the program had statistically significant changes in risky behavior patterns during the use of injection drugs.
authors.affiliation: North-Caucasian Regional Center for Control of AIDS, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Saukhat
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Vorontsov
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Tormozova
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Golubenko
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Kravchenko
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Poplavskaia
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ternovaia
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Rabinovich
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Orlov
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Ryndich
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Prokopenkova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data