TY - JOUR
T1 - Opioid Use Trajectories, Injection Drug Use, and Hepatitis C Virus Risk among Young Adult Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union Living in New York City
AU - Guarino, Honoria
AU - Marsch, Lisa A.
AU - Deren, Sherry
AU - Straussner, Shulamith L A
AU - Teper, Anastasia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/7/3
Y1 - 2015/7/3
N2 - Available evidence suggests that young former Soviet Union immigrants in New York City have high rates of non-medical prescription opioid and heroin use, drug injection and injection-related risk behavior, making them vulnerable to hepatitis C virus (HCV)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, overdose and associated harms. This group has been the focus of little research, however. This paper presents quantitative and qualitative data from 80 former Soviet immigrants (ages 18-29) to characterize their opioid use trajectories, injection risk behavior, HCV/HIV testing histories and self-reported HCV/HIV serostatus, and provides clinically meaningful data to inform tailored education, prevention and harm reduction interventions.
AB - Available evidence suggests that young former Soviet Union immigrants in New York City have high rates of non-medical prescription opioid and heroin use, drug injection and injection-related risk behavior, making them vulnerable to hepatitis C virus (HCV)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, overdose and associated harms. This group has been the focus of little research, however. This paper presents quantitative and qualitative data from 80 former Soviet immigrants (ages 18-29) to characterize their opioid use trajectories, injection risk behavior, HCV/HIV testing histories and self-reported HCV/HIV serostatus, and provides clinically meaningful data to inform tailored education, prevention and harm reduction interventions.
KW - Former Soviet Union immigrants
KW - HCV risk
KW - drug use trajectories
KW - injection risk behavior
KW - prescription opioid misuse
KW - transition to heroin
KW - transition to injection
KW - young injectors
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U2 - 10.1080/10550887.2015.1059711
DO - 10.1080/10550887.2015.1059711
M3 - Article
C2 - 26132715
AN - SCOPUS:84940200548
SN - 1055-0887
VL - 34
SP - 162
EP - 177
JO - Journal of Addictive Diseases
JF - Journal of Addictive Diseases
IS - 2-3
ER -