Central Asia (2006): Injecting Drug Users in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Injecting Histories, Risky Practices, and Barriers to Adopting Behaviors Less Likely to Transmit HIV

The purpose of this study with IDUs in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan was to conduct formative research to obtain actionable insight into injecting behaviors of IDUs. Dyad/triad interviews (interviews with either two or three IDUs and one interviewer) were conducted with IDUs to obtain personal drug use histories, explore specific factors influencing initiation into injecting drug use, reveal key motivations for sharing needles and other injecting equipment, identify IDUs attitudes regarding access to injecting equipment, and determine key barriers to adopting safer injecting practices. Thirty two dyads/triads interviews were conducted with 69 participants from three districts in Bishkek and four districts in Tashkent. Informants were between the ages of 18 and 32 and were recruited using snowball sampling: other selection criteria included whether or not IDUs were linked to services and the length of their injecting experience. The qualitative data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti software.

本研究针对乌兹别克斯坦与吉尔吉斯斯坦的注射毒品使用者（Injecting Drug Users, IDUs）展开，旨在通过形成性研究获取关于其注射行为的实操性洞察。研究采用双人组/三人组访谈模式（即由1名访谈员对2名或3名注射毒品使用者开展访谈），以收集受访者个人吸毒史，探究影响其首次启动注射吸毒的特定因素，揭示其共用针头及其他注射器具的核心动机，明确其对获取注射器具的态度，并研判其采纳安全注射实践的主要阻碍。本次研究共开展32组双人/三人组访谈，纳入69名受访者，受访者来自比什凯克的3个区县以及塔什干的4个区县。受访对象年龄介于18至32岁之间，采用滚雪球抽样法招募；其他入选标准包括注射毒品使用者是否与相关服务机构存在联结，以及其注射吸毒的时长。本研究的质性数据采用ATLAS.ti软件进行分析。