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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Correlates of lending needles/syringes among HIV-seropositive injection drug users
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Volume 46, No. SUPPL. 2, Year 2007
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Description
Among HIV-positive injection drug users (IDUs), we examined the correlates of lending needles/syringes with HIV-negative and unknown status injection partners. HIV-positive IDUs (N = 738) from 4 cities in the United States who reported injection drug use with other IDUs in the past 3 months participated in an audio computer-assisted self-administered interview. Eighteen percent of study participants self-reported having lent their needles to HIV-negative or unknown status injection partners. Multivariate analyses showed that 6 variables were significantly associated with this high-risk injecting practice. Older IDUs, high school graduates, and those reporting more supportive peer norms for safer drug use were less likely to lend needles/syringes. Admission to a hospital for drug treatment in the past 6 months, having injected with >1 person in the past 3 months, and having more psychiatric symptoms were all associated with more risk. These findings underscore the need for a continued prevention focus on HIV-positive IDUs that recognizes the combination of drug use, mental health factors, and social factors that might affect this high-risk injecting practice, which could be associated with HIV and hepatitis C transmission. © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Metsch, Lisa R.
United States, Coral Gables
University of Miami
Purcell, David W.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Latkin, Carl A.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Gómez, Cynthia A.
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Latka, Mary H.
United States, New York
New York Academy of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 161
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181576818
ISSN:
15254135
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Mental Health