| Title |
Low-Frequency Heroin Injection among Out-of-Treatment, Street-Recruited Injection Drug Users
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Urban Health, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11524-012-9720-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jennie L. Harris, Jennifer Lorvick, Lynn Wenger, Tania Wilkins, Martin Y. Iguchi, Philippe Bourgois, Alex H. Kral |
| Abstract |
In this paper, we explore the understudied phenomenon of "low-frequency" heroin injection in a sample of street-recruited heroin injectors not in drug treatment. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 2,410 active injection drug users (IDUs) recruited in San Francisco, California from 2000 to 2005. We compare the sociodemographic characteristics and injection risk behaviors of low-frequency heroin injectors (low-FHI; one to 10 self-reported heroin injections in the past 30 days) to high-frequency heroin injectors (high-FHI; 30 or more self-reported heroin injections in the past 30 days). Fifteen percent of the sample met criteria for low-FHI. African American race, men who have sex with men (MSM) behavior, and injection and noninjection methamphetamine use were independently associated with low-FHI. Compared to high-FHI, low-FHI were less likely to report syringe sharing and nonfatal heroin overdose. A small but significant proportion of heroin injectors inject heroin 10 or less times per month. Additional research is needed to qualitatively examine low-frequency heroin injection and its relationship to drug use trajectories. |
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| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 12% |
| Researcher | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 12% |
| Other | 7 | 21% |
| Unknown | 5 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 35% |
| Psychology | 5 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 12% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
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