Changes in the Sharing of Drug Injection Equipment among Street-Recruited Injection Drug Users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994-1996.
In: Substance Use & Misuse, Jg. 40 (2005), Heft 1, S. 63-76
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This study examines changes in the multi-person use of drug injection paraphernalia during the mid-1990s, a time of increasing awareness of HIV transmission modes and availability of prevention programs. Beginning in 1994, 794 street-recruited injection drug users in Chicago were interviewed and followed at 6 and 12 months postbaseline. Random-effects, pattern-mixture logistic regression models were used to determine correlates of five injection-equipment sharing practices, while accounting for repented measurement and study attrition. At baseline, 45.7% of participants reported receptive syringe sharing in the previous 6 months. Syringe-mediated sharing was reported by 28.7% of participants and the sharing of cookers (65.1%), cotton filters (55.7%), and rinse water (46.9%) was common. During follow-up, the proportion of all sharing behaviors decreased significantly, especially receptive syringe sharing. Participation in a syringe exchange program was associated with reductions in receptive syringe sharing and syringe-mediated sharing, but not the sharing of cookers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Changes in the Sharing of Drug Injection Equipment among Street-Recruited Injection Drug Users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994-1996.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Huo, Dezheng ; Bailey, Susan L. ; Garfein, Richard S. ; Ouellet, Lawrence J. |
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Zeitschrift: | Substance Use & Misuse, Jg. 40 (2005), Heft 1, S. 63-76 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2005 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1082-6084 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1081/JA-200030495 |
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