Changes in the sharing of drug injection equipment among street-recruited injection drug users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994--1996. Export

@article{citeulike:311465, abstract = {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 repeated 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.}, address = {Community Outreach Intervention Projects, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. dhuo@health.bsd.uchicago.edu}, author = {Huo, D. and Bailey, S. L. and Garfein, R. S. and Ouellet, L. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {311465}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15702649}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15702649}, issn = {1082-6084}, journal = {Subst Use Misuse}, keywords = {chicago, cooker, hiv, idu, sep, sharing, syringe}, number = {1}, pages = {63--76}, posted-at = {2005-09-04 19:23:00}, priority = {4}, title = {Changes in the sharing of drug injection equipment among street-recruited injection drug users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994--1996.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15702649}, volume = {40}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:311465 L3 - citeulike-article-id:311465 N2 - 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 repeated 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. IS - 1 JF - Subst Use Misuse SN - 1082-6084 AD - Community Outreach Intervention Projects, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. dhuo@health.bsd.uchicago.edu EP - 76 TI - Changes in the sharing of drug injection equipment among street-recruited injection drug users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994--1996. VL - 40 SP - 63 KW - chicago KW - cooker KW - hiv KW - idu KW - sep KW - sharing KW - syringe AU - Huo, D AU - Bailey, SL AU - Garfein, RS AU - Ouellet, LJ PY - 2005/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15702649 ER -