TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuing HIV risk in New York city injection drug users
T2 - The association of syringe source and syringe sharing
AU - Jenness, Samuel M.
AU - Hagan, Holly
AU - Liu, Kai Lih
AU - Wendel, Travis
AU - Murrill, Christopher S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by a cooperative agreement between the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant no. U62/CCU223595–03-1) and supported by a contract to the National Development and Research Institutes from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (contract no. 816–20070005237). The authors would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) field and data management staff (Alix Conde, Libertad Guerra, Shavvy Raj-Singh, Noel Trejo, and Aundrea Woodall). We also thank Elizabeth Begier, Thomas Farley, and Lucia Torian for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript. Address correspondence to Samuel M. Jenness, HIV Epidemiology and Field Services Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 346 Broadway, Suite 707D, New York, NY 10013; E-mail: [email protected].
PY - 2011/1/10
Y1 - 2011/1/10
N2 - Sterile syringe access is an important means to reduce HIV risk, but many injection drug users (IDU) who obtain syringes from sterile sources continue to share syringes. We examined the factors associated with continuing syringe sharing in New York City. We recruited 500 active IDU in 2005 through respondent-driven sampling. In multiple logistic regression, not obtaining all syringes in the past year exclusively from sterile sources was associated with increased syringe sharing. Ensuring adequate syringe availability as well as engaging and retaining nonusers and inconsistent users in sterile syringe services may increase sterile syringe access and decrease syringe sharing.
AB - Sterile syringe access is an important means to reduce HIV risk, but many injection drug users (IDU) who obtain syringes from sterile sources continue to share syringes. We examined the factors associated with continuing syringe sharing in New York City. We recruited 500 active IDU in 2005 through respondent-driven sampling. In multiple logistic regression, not obtaining all syringes in the past year exclusively from sterile sources was associated with increased syringe sharing. Ensuring adequate syringe availability as well as engaging and retaining nonusers and inconsistent users in sterile syringe services may increase sterile syringe access and decrease syringe sharing.
KW - HIV
KW - injection drug use
KW - risk behavior
KW - syringe exchange
KW - syringe sharing
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U2 - 10.3109/10826084.2011.521467
DO - 10.3109/10826084.2011.521467
M3 - Article
C2 - 21303239
AN - SCOPUS:79951562937
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 46
SP - 192
EP - 200
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 2-3
ER -