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High Prevalence of Assisted Injection Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting

AIDS and behavior, 2016-02, Vol.20 (2), p.377-384 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016 ;ISSN: 1090-7165 ;EISSN: 1573-3254 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1101-3 ;PMID: 26040989 ;CODEN: AIBEFC

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Title:
High Prevalence of Assisted Injection Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting
Author: Cheng, Tessa ; Kerr, Thomas ; Small, Will ; Dong, Huiru ; Montaner, Julio ; Wood, Evan ; DeBeck, Kora
Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome ; Adolescent ; Adult ; AIDS ; Canada - epidemiology ; Children & youth ; Cocaine ; Drug abuse ; Drugs ; Female ; Fraser, Simon ; Health ; Health education ; Health promotion ; Health Psychology ; Health risks ; Heroin ; HIV ; HIV Infections - complications ; HIV Infections - epidemiology ; HIV Infections - prevention & control ; Homeless Youth - statistics & numerical data ; Human immunodeficiency virus ; Humans ; Infectious Diseases ; Injection ; Male ; Medicine ; Medicine & Public Health ; Methamphetamine ; Multivariate Analysis ; Narcotics ; Needle Sharing ; Original Paper ; Prevalence ; Prevention ; Public Health ; Risk ; Risk factors ; Risk-Taking ; Sexes ; Street Drugs ; Studies ; Substance abuse ; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology ; Treatment ; Young Adult ; Youth
Is Part Of: AIDS and behavior, 2016-02, Vol.20 (2), p.377-384
Description: Many people who inject illicit drugs receive manual assistance when injecting, and this practice has been linked to increased risk of HIV infection and other harms. Little is known, however, about this practice among youth. This study uses a multivariate generalized estimating equation to identify factors associated with receiving assistance with injecting among a cohort of street-involved youth aged 14–26 in Vancouver, Canada. A total of 253 participants reported injecting drugs during the study period, and 49 % (n = 125) of these youth reported receiving assistance with injecting in the past 6 months. In multivariate analysis, younger age, female gender, binge drug use, heroin injecting, cocaine injecting, crystal methamphetamine injecting, and syringe sharing were positively and independently associated with assisted injection (all p < 0.05). These findings underscore the need for expanding substance abuse treatment alongside HIV prevention and health promotion interventions to empower youth to enact safer injection practices.
Publisher: New York: Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1090-7165
EISSN: 1573-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1101-3
PMID: 26040989
CODEN: AIBEFC
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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High Prevalence of Assisted Injection Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting

Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016 ;ISSN: 1090-7165 ;EISSN: 1573-3254 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1101-3 ;PMID: 26040989 ;CODEN: AIBEFC

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