Continuing HIV Risk in New York City Injection Drug Users: The Association of Syringe Source and Syringe Sharing
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Cannabis use correlates of syringe sharing among injection drug users.
This study examines whether the relation between acute cannabis use and syringe sharing during single injection days is similar among regular and nonregular users, participating in a cohort study of injection drug users in Montréal, Canada. 236 (36.6%) subjects were classified as regular cannabis users (RCUs), 227 (35.2%) as nonregular cannabis users (NRCUs), and 181 (28.1%) were abstinent. Can...
متن کاملThe syringe gap: an assessment of sterile syringe need and acquisition among syringe exchange program participants in New York City
BACKGROUND Programmatic data from New York City syringe exchange programs suggest that many clients visit the programs infrequently and take few syringes per transaction, while separate survey data from individuals using these programs indicate that frequent injecting - at least daily - is common. Together, these data suggest a possible "syringe gap" between the number of injections performed b...
متن کاملExpanded syringe exchange programs and reduced HIV infection among new injection drug users in Tallinn, Estonia
BACKGROUND Estonia has experienced an HIV epidemic among intravenous drug users (IDUs) with the highest per capita HIV prevalence in Eastern Europe. We assessed the effects of expanded syringe exchange programs (SEP) in the capital city, Tallinn, which has an estimated 10,000 IDUs. METHODS SEP implementation was monitored with data from the Estonian National Institute for Health Development. ...
متن کاملSafer injection facility use and syringe sharing in injection drug users.
Safer injection facilities provide medical supervision for illicit drug injections. We aimed to examine factors associated with syringe sharing in a community-recruited cohort of illicit injection drug users in a setting where such a facility had recently opened. Between Dec 1, 2003, and June 1, 2004, of 431 active injection drug users 49 (11.4%, 95% CI 8.5-14.3) reported syringe sharing in the...
متن کاملCost-Effectiveness of Needle and Syringe Exchange for the Prevention of HIV in New York City
Shared needle and syringe use among injection drug users continues to be a major mode of transmission of HIV. Needle and syringe exchange (NSE) may be a viable strategy to reduce the transmission of the virus; yet the difficulty in measuring the actual efficacy of NSE has limited attempts to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the intervention. Using data specific to the Lower East Side Harm Red...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Substance Use & Misuse
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1082-6084,1532-2491
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.521467