針具交換站設立態度：兩方的觀點

A Survey of Patients’ Attitude towards the Needle Exchange Program

In the United States of America, human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV) is most commonly transmitted through sexual behavior or sharing needles with an infected person (www.cdc.gov/ hiv). Intravenous drug users (IDUs) are the highrisk group for patients with HIV infection . The needle exchange program (NEP) is considered to be one of the most effective methods of reducing HIV transmission among IDUs . There is a social stigma about the NEP program of injecting drug use. This stigma may make the public reluctant to let IDUs use the NEP. To make situation worse, the IDUs perceive multiple stigmas and keep them away from the NEP . The purpose of present survey is to explore the predictors of NEP attitudes in IDUs.