Populations/Projects: Persons who inject drugs (NHBS-PWID)
Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for HIV through sharing needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment, or sexual contact. NHBS-PWID collects information on persons who report injecting a drug that was not prescribed for them in the 12 months before interview.
Surveillance Reports
- HIV Infection Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Injection Drug Use, 23 U.S. Cities, 2018 pdf icon
- HIV Infection Risk, Prevention and Testing Behaviors among Persons Who Inject Drugs, 2015pdf icon
- HIV Infection, Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs – 20 Cities, United States, 2012pdf icon
- HIV Infection and Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Injecting Drug Users – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 20 U.S. Cities, 2009
- Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Related to HIV and Hepatitis Infections National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System Injecting Drug Users May 2005–February 2006pdf icon
Featured Publications
- HIV Infection and HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs – 23 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, United States, 2018
- Healthcare access and utilization among persons who inject drugs in Medicaid expansion and nonexpansion states: 22 United States cities, 2018external icon
- Distance matters: The association of proximity to syringe services programs with sharing of syringes and injecting equipment – 17 U.S. cities, 2015external icon
- HIV Infection and HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs – 20 Cities, United States, 2012
- HIV Infection and HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Injecting Drug Users – 20 Cities, United States, 2009
- HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Injecting-Drug Users — 23 Cities, United States, May 2005–February 2006
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