Syringe Coverage Among People Who Inject Drugs in West Virginia, USA
| Autor: | Susan G. Sherman, Kristin E. Schneider, Michael E. Kilkenny, Gregory M. Lucas, Brian W. Weir, Allison O’Rourke, Sean T. Allen, Rebecca Hamilton White |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030505 public health
Social Psychology business.industry Rural health West virginia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Transactional sex medicine.disease_cause 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Population estimation Environmental health Tailored interventions medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science business Syringe |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior. 25:3377-3385 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10461-021-03247-3 |
| Popis: | Ensuring people who inject drugs (PWID) have ≥ 100% sterile syringe coverage (i.e., persons have access to a sterile syringe for all injections) is optimal for HIV prevention. Existing syringe coverage literature is informative, yet little work has examined syringe coverage among PWID in rural communities. Using data from a 2018 PWID population estimation study conducted in a rural county in West Virginia, we used logistic regression to identify correlates of adequate sterile syringe coverage (at least 100%). A minority (37%) of PWID reported having adequate syringe coverage. Factors inversely associated with adequate syringe coverage included having recently (past 6 months): engaged in transactional sex work, shared syringes, and injected fentanyl. Having exclusively acquired syringes from a syringe services program was associated with increased odds of adequate syringe coverage. Rural PWID may benefit from tailored interventions designed to increase sterile syringe access. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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