ResearchProjects

Reducing HIV and HCV risks among migrant Puerto Rican people who inject drugs (PWID) is critical to reduce new infections, improve health outcomes, and decrease health disparities among PWID. This was an exploratory study of migrant Puerto Rican PWID and their service providers that: 1) identified the native risk norms – and other influences – that required risk-acculturation, 2) explored existing risk reduction programs and services to identify their limitations, and 3) developed and pilot tested components of a risk-acculturation intervention for migrants. Results will be viable for implementation in other U.S. urban areas where this population is present.