Titre : | A longitudinal study of syringe acquisition by puerto rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico: Implications for syringe exchange and distribution programs |
Titre traduit : | (Etude longitudinale de l'acquisition de seringues par des usagers de drogue par voie injectable d'origine portoricaine à New-York et à Puerto Rico : implications pour les programmes d'échange et de distribution de seringues) |
Auteurs : | H. A. FINLINSON ; D. OLIVER-VELEZ ; S. DEREN ; CANT J. G. H. ; H. M. COLON ; R. R. ROBLES ; S. Y. KANG ; J. F. ANDIA |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2006 |
Format : | 1313-1336 / ill. ; tabl. |
Note générale : |
Substance Use and Misuse, 2006, 41, (9), 1313-1336 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés INJECTION ; VIH ; REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES ; PROGRAMME ; ECHANGE DE SERINGUESThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS ; PORTO RICO |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Increasing access to sterile syringes and new drug preparation materials is an effective means of reducing HIV transmission among injection drug users (IDUs), and a funndamental component of harm reduction ideology. The purpose of this study is to examine changes during a three-year period in syringe acquisition by street-recruited Puerto Rican IDUs characterized by frequent drug injection and high HIV seroprevalence. At baseline (1998-1999) and 36-month follow-up, 103 IDUs recruited in East Harlem, New York (NY), and 135 from Bayamon, Puerto Rico (PR) were surveyed about syringe sources and HIV risk behaviors in the prior 30 days. A majority of participants in both sites were male (NY 78.6%, PR 84.4%), were born in Puerto Rico (NY 59.2%, PR 87.4%), and had not completed high school (NY 56.3%, PR 51.9%). Compared to PRIDUs at follow-up, NY IDUs injected less (3.4 vs. 7.0 times/day, p |
Note de contenu : | ill. ; tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 43 |
Affiliation : |
Center for Addiction Studies, School of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, Call Box 60-327, Bayamon, Puerto Rico 00960-6032. E-mail : afinlinattglobal.net Porto Rico. Puerto Rico. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 405187 |
Centre Emetteur : | 04 CIRDD-51 |
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