Circumstances of first injection among illicit drug users accessing a medically supervised safer injection facility

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1228-1230

  Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Tyndall, Mark W ^a,b   Zhang, Ruth ^a   Lai, Calvin ^a   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORTH AMERICA; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34548379563     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.086256     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Kimber J, Dolan K, van Beek I, Hedrich D, Zurhold H. Drug consumption facilities: an update since 2000. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2003;22:227-233.
2. Poschade S, Höger R, Schnitzler J. Evaluation of the Work of the Drug Consumption Rooms in the Federal Republic of Germany [in German]. Final Report on Behalf of the Federal Ministry for Health. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos; 2003.
3. Kerr T, Tyndall M, Li K, Montaner J, Wood E. Safer injection facility use and syringe sharing in injection drug users. Lancet. 2005;366:316-318.
4. Wood E, Kerr T, Small W, et al. Changes in public order after the opening of a medically supervised safer injecting facility for illicit injection drug users. CMAJ. 2004;171:731-734.
5. Strang J, Fortson R. Supervised fixing rooms, supervised injectable maintenance clinics - understanding the difference. BMJ. 2004;328:102-103.
6. Wright NM, Tompkins CN. Supervised injecting centres. BMJ. 2004;328:100-102.
7. Capozza KL. U.S., Canada spar over anti-drug policies. United Press International. September 16, 2003.
8. Vancouver's heroin users get safe-injection site. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 15, 2003.
9. Vlahov D, Des Jarlais DC, Goosby E, et al. Needle exchange programs for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection: epidemiology and policy. Am J Epidemiol. 2001;154(12 suppl):S70-S77.
10. Vlahov D, Fuller CM, Ompad DC, Galea S, Des Jarlais DC. Updating the infection risk reduction hierarchy: preventing transition into injection. J Urban Health. 2004;81:14-19.
11. Hedrich D. European Report on Drug Consumption Rooms. Lisbon, Portugal: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction; 2004.
12. Wood E, Kerr T, Lloyd-Smith E, et al. Methodology for evaluating Insite: Canada's first medically supervised safer injection facility for injection drug users. Harm Reduct J. 2004;1:9.
13. Tyndall MW, Kerr T, Zhang R, King E, Montaner JG, Wood E. Attendance, drug use patterns, and referrals made from North America's first supervised injection facility. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006;83:193-198.
14. Poulin C, Fralick P, Whynot EM, et al. The epidemiology of cocaine and opiate abuse in urban Canada. Can J Public Health. 1998;89:234-238.
15. Wood E, Stoltz J, Montaner J, Kerr T. Evaluating methamphetamine use and risks of injection initiation among street youth: the ARYS study. Harm Reduct J. 2006;3:18.
16. Roy E, Haley N, Leclerc P, Cedras L, Blais L, Boivin JF. Drug injection among street youths in Montreal: predictors of initiation. J Urban Health. 2003;80:92-105.
17. Kerr T, Marsh D, Li K, Montaner J, Wood E. Factors associated with methadone maintenance therapy use among a cohort of polysubstance using injection drug users in Vancouver. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005;80:329-335.
18. van Ameijden EJ, van den Hoek JA, Hartgers C, Coutinho RA. Risk factors for the transition from non-injection to injection drug use and accompanying AIDS risk behavior in a cohort of drug users. Am J Epidemiol. 1994;139:1153-1163.
19. Fuller CM, Vlahov D, Latkin CA, Ompad DC, Celentano DD, Strathdee SA. Social circumstances of initiation of injection drug use and early shooting gallery attendance: implications for HIV intervention among adolescent and young adult injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003;32:86-93.