A bio-behavioral HIV survey among injecting drug users (IDUs) was carried out in October 2013 in Ramallah, Hebron, and Bethlehem governorates using time location sampling (TLS) methodology.
The study aimed to assess the prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, as well as to analyze the patterns and correlates of HIV-relevant risk-taking behaviors. The study recruited 288 IDUs: 105 in Ramallah, 100 in Hebron, and 83 in Bethlehem.
Only one of the surveyed IDUs was female. Age range in the sample was 16-64, with the mean age of 39.2 (SD = 11.11; median age = 41). A majority of participants had only primary education or less (69.0%) and were married (59.7%). Only a quarter of the sample reported a full or part-time employment (26.2%).