Predictors of injection drug use cessation among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico

Sherry Deren; Sung Yeon Kang; Hector M. Colón; Rafaela R. Robles

doi:10.1080/00952990601175037

Predictors of injection drug use cessation among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico

Sherry Deren, Sung Yeon Kang, Hector M. Colón, Rafaela R. Robles

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More than half of all AIDS cases among Puerto Ricans have been attributed to injection drug use. Predictors of injection drug use cessation were examined among Puerto Rican injection drug users (IDUs) in New York and Puerto Rico. Analysis of baseline and 6-month follow-up data from 670 IDUs in NY and 316 in PR showed that 47% NY and 20% in PR reported cessation of injection at follow-up (p < .001). In multivariate analyses, having been in drug treatment since baseline was the only significant predictor of cessation for both sites (NY: AOR = 1.80; PR: AOR = 3.10). Increasing availability of methadone maintenance treatment, especially in PR, was indicated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	291-299
Number of pages	9
Journal	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990601175037
State	Published - Mar 2007

Keywords

HIV/AIDS
Injection cessation
Injection drug use
Puerto Ricans

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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