Prevalence and correlates of receptive syringe-sharing among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachia.

Addiction
Rebecca Hamilton WhiteSean T Allen

Abstract

Syringe-sharing significantly increases the risk of HIV and viral hepatitis acquisition among people who inject drugs (PWID). Clearer understanding of the correlates of receptive syringe-sharing (RSS) is a critical step in preventing bloodborne infectious disease transmission among PWID in rural communities throughout the United States. This study aimed to measure the prevalence and correlates of RSS among PWID in a rural county in Appalachia. Observational, cross-sectional sample from a capture-recapture parent study. Cabell County, West Virginia (WV), USA, June-July 2018. The sample was restricted to people who reported injecting drugs in the past 6 months (n = 420). A total of 180 participants (43%) reported recent (past 6 months) RSS. Participants reported high levels of homelessness (56.0%), food insecurity (64.8%) and unemployment (66.0%). The main outcome was recent re-use of syringes that participants knew someone else had used before them. Key explanatory variables of interest, selected from the risk environment framework, included: unemployment, arrest and receipt of sterile syringes from a syringe services program (SSP). Logistic regression was used to determine correlates of recent RSS. PWID reporting recent RSS als...Continue Reading

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