The Puerto Rico-New York airbridge for drug users: Description and relationship to HIV risk behaviors

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

doi:10.1007/s11524-006-9151-5

The Puerto Rico-New York airbridge for drug users: Description and relationship to HIV risk behaviors

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

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Abstract

This study examined mobility on the airbridge between New York (NY) and Puerto Rico (PR) for Puerto Rican drug users and its relationship to HIV risk. Over 1,200 Puerto Rican injection drug users (IDUs) and crack smokers were recruited by outreach workers in NY and PR; interview data included questions on mobility (lifetime residences and recent trips). Two-thirds of the NY sample had lived in PR; one-quarter of the PR sample had lived in NY; the most commonly sited reasons for moving were family-related. Fewer than 10% had visited the other location in the prior 3 years. Variables related to risk were number of moves, recent travel, and having used drugs in PR (all with p < 0.05). Implications included the need to enhance risk reduction efforts for IDUs in PR and address sexual risk among mobile drug users.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	243-254
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Urban Health
Volume	84
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-006-9151-5
State	Published - Mar 2007

Keywords

HIV risk
Injection drug users
Mobility
New York
Puerto Rican

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Health(social science)
Urban Studies
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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