HIV Prevention Among Drug Users:
A Resource Book for Community Planners & Program Managers
Part
1: Drug Use and Its Effects
Drug use is a complex health and social problem that affects
all segments of American society. How to respond to this problem continues to
be at the center of national and local debates. Further complicating the issue
is the rapid rise in HIV infection reported over the past decade among drug
users and their sex partners and children. In addition to understanding drug
use and its effects, those involved in planning and developing HIV prevention
programs must be familiar with the nature and extent of local drug use patterns
and trends, and must also be sensitive to community attitudes and opinions that
can influence the design and implementation of HIV interventions for the population.
PART 1 of the HPDU Resource Book focuses on basic
information about drug use and its effects. Given the importance of drug use
in the transmission of HIV, this information is intended to make it easier to
prioritize, develop, implement, and support realistic and targeted HIV prevention
programs.
Specifically, PART 1 will help
HIV prevention planners and program managers increase their knowledge of:
major categories of drugs and their effects
various patterns of drug use
the definition and characteristics of drug use, abuse,
and dependence
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