Needle fixation among drug users

Drug users' experiences of injecting included descriptions of needle fixation.

QUESTION: Do injection drug users describe needle fixation in their experiences of using needles? Design Qualitative study using semistructured interviews. Setting 4 drug treatment agencies in south Wales, UK. Participants 24 participants (mean age 33 y, 83% men) who were drug users (mean duration of illicit drug use 15.3 y, mean duration of injecting drugs 11.6 y). 62% of participants had inje...

Needle sharing among intravenous drug users: national and international perspectives.

Drug-related aggression among injecting drug users.

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Validity of self-reported needle exchange attendance among injection drug users: implications for program evaluation.

Some studies have indicated that needle exchange programs (NEPs) can be effective in reducing drug-related risks for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion; however, others have reported higher HIV incidence rates among NEP attendees. Since many studies rely on self-reports of NEP attendance, the authors investigated the extent to which differential misreporting of NEP attendance cou...

Correlates of receptive and distributive needle sharing among injection drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan.

We describe receptive and distributive needle/syringe sharing among injection drug users (IDUs) in Kabul, Afghanistan. In this cross-sectional study, IDUs completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Logistic regression identified correlates of needle sharing in the last six months. Receptive and distributive sharing in the last six months were reported by 28.2% and 28.7% of participant...