HIV Prevention Among Drug Users:
A Resource Book for Community Planners & Program Managers
Part 4: Public Policy Issues
Long-standing conflicts in society's attitudes and beliefs
related to drug use and sexual behavior heavily influence the policy and program
environment in which HIV prevention programs are delivered. During the 20th
century, government's dominant approach to drug use has been one of reducing
access through interdiction and incarceration. In developing HIV prevention
efforts, planners and program managers must balance the need for programs that
are effective in reducing the spread of HIV with initiatives that are tolerated
and supported by the community at large, that provide for confidentiality, and
that conform to federal, state, and local regulations and practices.
PART 4 of the HPDU Resource
Book is intended to help prevention planners and program managers appreciate
the complexity of the policy debates surrounding HIV prevention for drug users
and their sex partners by highlighting some of the issues that they may face
in their communities. Specifically, PART 4 will help HIV prevention planners
and program managers increase their knowledge of:
the impact of community attitudes and beliefs on the
design and delivery of HIV prevention programs for drug users and their sex
partners
the influence of laws, regulations, and practices on
HIV prevention efforts
how agency policies and practices influence the nature
of HIV prevention among drug users within a community
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