Barriers and motivators to participation and retention in HIV/HCV cohort studies among people who inject drugs: a community consultation in Iran

Barriers and motivators to participation and retention in HIV/HCV cohort studies among people who inject drugs: a community consultation in Iran

Abstract Background The lack of robust estimates of HIV/HCV incidence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran calls for well-designed prospective cohort studies. Successful recruitment and follow-up of PWID in cohort studies may require formative assessment of barriers PWID are faced with in pa...

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Main Authors: Ali Mirzazadeh, Samira Hosseini-Hooshyar, Armita Shahesmaeili, Ali Bahramnejad, Adibeh Barshan, Ghazal Mousavian, Esmail Najafi, Hamid Sharifi, Ali-Akbar Haghdoost, Alya Briceno, Willi McFarland, Kimberly Page
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Subjects:
People who inject drugs
Longitudinal cohort study
Barriers
Motivators
Iran
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13011-020-00298-y

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