Prevalence and correlates of Hepatitis C among injection drug users: The significance of duration of use, incarceration and race/ethnicity
| Autor: | April Lawson, William W. Latimer, Leah J. Floyd, Kristin Cole, S. Geoffrey Severtson, Alexander Melnikov, Anne Gloria Moleko, Sarra L. Hedden |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Drug
Gerontology Race ethnicity Health (social science) business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Hcv transmission Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine (miscellaneous) Hepatitis C medicine.disease Logistic regression Injection drug use Article Psychiatry and Mental health medicine business media_common Demography |
| Popis: | The study examined associations between hepatitis C (HCV) seropositivity and a lifetime history of jail or correctional facility incarceration among injection drug users. The sample consisted of 351 injection drug users recruited in inner-city neighborhoods of Baltimore. Multiple logistic regressions were fit to assess associations between HCV seropositivity and a lifetime history of incarceration for the total sample and stratified by race. Analyses demonstrated HCV nearly two times greater for whites than African Americans. In addition, HCV was 2.6 times greater in participants incarcerated in correctional facilities and HCV was 7.4 times greater in participants reporting more than 5 years of injection drug use compared to participants reporting less than 1 year of injection drug use. The study findings suggest that incorporating systematic HCV screening, prevention, and treatment programs within correctional systems represents a vital yet under-utilized strategy to reduce HCV transmission in society as a whole. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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