@article {1918, title = {Doubts remain, risks persist: HIV prevention knowledge and HIV testing among drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.}, journal = {Substance use \& misuse}, volume = {46}, year = {2011}, month = {2011}, pages = {511-22}, abstract = {Brazil has been recognized for being the first developing country to provide universal AIDS treatment. Brazil also implemented a comprehensive prevention initiative. These efforts have been successful, with about half the number of HIV/AIDS cases forecast in 1992 developing by 2000. However, HIV/AIDS continues to spread, including among not-in-treatment drug users. Questions have been raised about gaps in existing prevention efforts. Based on qualitative research in 2006-2008 with street drug users in Rio de Janeiro (focus groups, N=24; a pile sort, N=108; open-ended interviews, N=34), this paper examines enduring gaps in HIV knowledge and prevailing risk patterns and proposes strategies for strengthening prevention.}, keywords = {Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Brazil, Drug Users, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, HIV Infections, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Substance Abuse, Intravenous}, issn = {1532-2491}, doi = {10.3109/10826081003720881}, author = {Singer, Merrill and Clair, Scott and Malta, Monica and Bastos, Francisco I and Bertoni, Neilane and Santelices, Claudia} }