Social support and HIV management among people who inject drugs: in-depth interviews in Delhi, India
Social connections can offer PWID positive emotional and logistical support to access health services and help them persevere through societal and structural stigmas. However, in some cases they may also contribute negatively to health management challenges. As a harm reduction strategy, public health services can work with PWID to consider untapped opportunities to build positive support and resilience through social ties, as well as how to contend with social connections harmful to health management.
Authors
- Shruti H. Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-0959)
- Allison M. McFall
- Jiban Baishya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8435-2721)
- Gregory M. Lucas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-4339)
- Ashwini Kedar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6925-7574)
- Sunil S. Solomon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3296-1514)
- Aastha Kant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-008X)
- Rose Pollard Kaptchuk
- A. K. Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1839-8796)
- Sanjeev K. Khanna
- Surendra Singh Shekhawat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2600-7721)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01185-0
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- National Institutes of Health