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Prevalence and correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States, 1997-1999
(Prévalence et indicateurs de l'injection de crack chez des jeunes usagers injecteurs aux Etats Unis entre 1997 et 1999)
Auteur(s) :
SANTIBANEZ S. S. ;
GARFEIN, R. S. ;
SWARTZENDRUBER A. ;
KERNDT P. R. ;
MORSE E. ;
OMPAD, D. ;
STRATHDEE, S. ;
WILLIAMS, I. T. ;
FRIEDMAN, S. R. ;
OUELLET, L. J.
Année :
2005
Page(s) :
227-233
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
39
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
CRACK
;
INJECTION
;
VIH
;
COMORBIDITE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
PREVALENCE
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005, 77, (3), 227-233
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Objectives: We estimated prevalence and identified correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States. Methods: We analyzed data from the second Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study (CIDUS II), a 19971999 cohort study of 1830-year-old, street-recruited injection drug users from six US cities. Results: Crack-cocaine injection was reported by 329 (15%) of 2198 participants. Prevalence varied considerably by site (range, 1.528.0%). No participants injected only crack-cocaine. At four sites where crack-cocaine injection prevalence was greater than 10%, recent (past 6 months) crack-cocaine injection was correlated with recent daily injection and sharing of syringes, equipment, and drug solution. Lifetime crack-cocaine injection was correlated with using shooting galleries, initiating others into drug injection, and having serologic evidence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection. Conclusions: Crack-cocaine injection may be a marker for high-risk behaviors that can be used to direct efforts to prevent HIV and other blood-borne viral infections. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Div. HIV/AIDS, Ctrs Disease Control Prev., 1600 Clifton R., Atlanta, GA 30333
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.