Big Events in Greece and HIV Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs. (1st June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Sypsa, Vana; Bonovas, Stefanos; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Hatzakis, Angelos; Friedman, Samuel R.
• Is Part Of: Substance use & misuse. Volume 50:Number 7(2015)
• Page Start: 825
• Page End: 838
• Publication Date: 2015-06-01
• Subjects: Big Events -- economic crisis -- HIV -- Greece -- drugs -- injectors -- epidemics -- epidemiology -- drug use networks -- risk environments; Narcotic habit -- Periodicals; Alcoholism -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Behavior, Addictive -- Periodicals; Sustance-Related Disorders -- Periodicals; 362.2905
• DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.978659
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1082-6084

Abstract

Abstract : Big Events are processes like macroeconomic transitions that have lowered social well-being in various settings in the past. Greece has been hit by the global crisis and experienced an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs. Since the crisis began (2008), Greece has seen population displacement, inter-communal violence, cuts in governmental expenditures, and social movements. These may have affected normative regulation, networks, and behaviors. However, most pathways to risk remain unknown or unmeasured. We use what is known and unknown about the Greek HIV outbreak to suggest modifications in Big Events models and the need for additional research.