Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 28;19(15):9242. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159242.
Lebanon is a diverse and dynamic nation of six million people that has experienced considerable disruption for the last two decades. The Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011, resulted in the displacement of 1.1 million Syrians to Lebanon. Today, Lebanon is the country with the largest per capita number of refugees in the world. In addition, the country experienced a social, economic, and political crisis in 2019 that destabilized the entire society-circumstances that were further complicated by COVID-19 pandemic. With all of the competing calamities in Lebanon, there has been limited scientific investigation into substance use and the risk of HIV infection among the country's population. To address this gap in knowledge, a qualitative rapid situational assessment (RSA) of substance use and risk of HIV infection in and around Beirut, the nation's capital, was conducted. The goal of this analysis is to describe the demographics and drug use patterns of this population, explore their HIV knowledge and risks, and build knowledge about their perceptions of and access to substance use treatment and other social services.
黎巴嫩是一个拥有 600 万人口的多元化和充满活力的国家，但在过去二十年中经历了相当大的动荡。2011 年开始的叙利亚内战导致 110 万叙利亚人涌入黎巴嫩。如今，黎巴嫩是世界上每百万人口中难民比例最高的国家。此外，该国在 2019 年经历了一场社会、经济和政治危机，整个社会陷入动荡——而 COVID-19 大流行使局势更加复杂。由于黎巴嫩面临着所有这些相互竞争的灾难，因此对该国人口的物质使用和 HIV 感染风险的科学研究非常有限。为了填补这一知识空白，对该国首都贝鲁特及其周边地区的物质使用和 HIV 感染风险进行了定性快速情况评估（RSA）。本分析旨在描述该人群的人口统计学特征和药物使用模式，探讨他们的 HIV 知识和风险，并了解他们对物质使用治疗和其他社会服务的看法和获取途径。
