“Sharing is my only option”: an ethnographic analysis of the underlying contexts of needle and syringe sharing among people who inject drugs using the socio-ecological framework
The findings presented multifaceted reasons for needle and syringe sharing, thus warranting multilayered interventions. It is not possible to contain needle and syringe sharing and alleviate HIV epidemics through addressing proximate causes or structural interventions alone, thus efforts need to be invested in broadening the horizons for harm reduction interventions.
Authors
- Sharful Islam Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7319-1333)
- Michiko Moriyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9190-8705)
- Samira Dishti Irfan
- Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3975-1640)
- Md. Alamgir Hossain
Institutions
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1527307
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria