title: Doubts remain, risks persist: HIV prevention knowledge and HIV testing among drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: Brazil has been recognized for being the first developing country to provide universal AIDS treatment. Brazil also implemented a comprehensive prevention initiative. These efforts have been successful, with about half the number of HIV/AIDS cases forecast in 1992 developing by 2000. However, HIV/AIDS continues to spread, including among not-in-treatment drug users. Questions have been raised about gaps in existing prevention efforts. Based on qualitative research in 2006-2008 with street drug users in Rio de Janeiro (focus groups, N=24; a pile sort, N=108; open-ended interviews, N=34), this paper examines enduring gaps in HIV knowledge and prevailing risk patterns and proposes strategies for strengthening prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA. merrill.singer@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Merrill
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clair
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malta
authors.forename: Francisco I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: Neilane
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bertoni
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santelices
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001938:Brazil; D055030:Drug Users; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000517:prevention & control*