Prevalence and predictors of condom use among people who inject drugs in Georgia
The study revealed low prevalence of consistent condom use with casual and/or paid sexual partners among PWID in Georgia. Integration of safe sex educational interventions in harm reduction services may improve the rates of condom use among PWID and should focus PWID with lower socio-economic status and residing outside capital city.
Authors
- Jack DeHovitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-0614)
- George Kamkamidze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-0688)
- Lasha Gulbiani
- Maia Butsashvili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-1567)
- Tinatin Abzianidze
- Mamuka Djibuti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1614-854X)
- Maia Kajaia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0270-607X)
Institutions
- Tbilisi State University (GE)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- Ilia State University (GE)
- Research for Action (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01171-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Fogarty International Center