Description
The prevalence of risk behaviours such as sharing of injecting equipment among people who inject drugs (PWID) has been well described in the Australian context. However, little is known about transitions in risk behaviours among PWID over time and whether Australian PWID moderate their behaviours in response to their changing circumstances.
In this study data from the Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study (MIX) will be examined to determine the extent to which risk behaviours change over time in the cohort and what impact any changes have on key health outcomes such as blood borne virus transmission.
Essential criteria:
Minimum entry requirements can be found here: https://www.monash.edu/admissions/entry-requirements/minimum
Keywords
drug use , injecting drug use, risk behaviour
Available options
Honours
Time commitment
Full-time
Physical location
The Burnet Intitute, Prahran
Co-supervisors
Assoc Prof
Peter Higgs
(External)
Prof
Mark Stoove