| Titre : | Needle-exchange attendance and health care utilization promote entry into detoxification (1999) |
| Auteurs : | S. A. STRATHDEE ; D. D. CELENTANO ; N. SHAH ; C. LYLES ; V. A. STAMBOLIS ; G. MACALINO ; K. NELSON ; D. VLAHOV |
| Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
| Dans : | Journal of Urban Health (Vol.76, n°4, December 1999) |
| Article en page(s) : | 448-460 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
| Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés DESINTOXICATION ; FACTEUR PREDICTIF ; PRISE EN CHARGE ; ECHANGE DE SERINGUES ; CURE DE DESINTOXICATION ; VIH ; USAGER ; INJECTION ; DEMANDE ; ETUDE PROSPECTIVEThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
| Résumé : | This study was undertaken to identify factors associated with entry into detoxification among injection drug users (IDUs), and to assess the role of needle-exchange programs (NEPs) as a bridge to treatment. IDUs undergoing semiannual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) tests and interviews were studied prospectively between 1994 and 1998, during which time an NEP was introduced in Baltimore. Logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of entry into detoxification, stratifying by HIV serostatus. Of 1,490 IDUs, similar proportions of HIV-infected and uninfected IDUs entered detoxification (25% vs. 23%, respectively). After accounting for recent drug use, hospital admission was associated with four-fold increased odds of entering detoxification for HIV-seronegative subjects. Among HIV-infected subjects, hospital admission, outpatient medical care, and having health insurance independently increased the odds of entering detoxification. After accounting for these and other variables, needle-exchange attendance also was associated independently with entering detoxification for both HIV-infected (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=3.2) and uninfected IDUs (AOR=1.4). However, among HIV-infected subjects, the increased odds of detoxification associated with needle exchange diminished significantly over time, concomitant with statewide reductions in detoxification admissions. These findings indicate that health care providers and NEPs represent an important bridge to drug abuse treatment for HIV-infected and uninfected IDUs. Creating and sustaining these linkages may facilitate entry into drug abuse treatment and serve the important public health goal of increasing the number of drug users in treatment. [Author's abstract] |
| Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
| Refs biblio. : | 27 |
| Affiliation : | Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States |
| Cote : | A01880 |
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