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Crack cocaine injection practices and HIV risk: findings from New York and Bridgeport
(Pratiques d'injection de crack cocaïne et risques d'infection VIH : résultats de New York et Bridgeport)
Auteur(s) :
LANKENAU, S. E. ;
CLATTS, M. C. ;
GOLDSAMT, L. A. ;
WELLE, D.
Année :
2004
Page(s) :
319-332
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
21
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CRACK
;
COCAINE
;
INJECTION
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
VIH
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2004, 34, 319-332
Note de contenu :
fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This article examines the behavioral practices and health risks associated with preparing crack cocaine for injection. Using an ethno-epidemiological approach, injection drug users (n=38) were recruited between 1999 and 2000 from public settings in New York City and Bridgeport, Connecticut and responded to a semistructured interview focusing on crack injection initiation and their most recent crack injection. Study findings indicate that methods of preparing crack for injection were impacted by a transforming agent, heat applied to the "cooker," heroin use, age of the injector, and geographic location of the injector. The findings suggest that crack injectors use a variety of methods to prepare crack, which may carry different risks for the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. In particular, crack injection may be an important factor in the current HIV epidemic. (Author's abstract.)
This article examines the behavioral practices and health risks associated with preparing crack cocaine for injection. Using an ethno-epidemiological approach, injection drug users (n=38) were recruited between 1999 and 2000 from public settings in New York City and Bridgeport, Connecticut and responded to a semistructured interview focusing on crack injection initiation and their most recent crack injection. Study findings indicate that methods of preparing crack for injection were impacted by a transforming agent, heat applied to the "cooker," heroin use, age of the injector, and geographic location of the injector. The findings suggest that crack injectors use a variety of methods to prepare crack, which may carry different risks for the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. In particular, crack injection may be an important factor in the current HIV epidemic. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept Sociomedical Sci., Columbia Univ.,
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.