ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2010
Hepatitis C virus risk behaviors within the partnerships of young injecting drug users.
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- Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with hepatitis C: a cross-sectional study of persons who inject drugs in Puerto Rico, 2018.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Egocentric network characteristics of people who inject drugs in the Chicago metro area and associations with hepatitis C virus and injection risk behavior.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Identification of Genetically Related HCV Infections Among Self-Described Injecting Partnerships.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Article
- A descriptive analysis of concurrent alcohol and substance use among patients living with HIV/HCV co-infection.Social work in health care · 2020Article
- Per-Contact Infectivity of Hepatitis C Virus Acquisition in Association With Receptive Needle Sharing Exposures in a Prospective Cohort of Young Adult People who Inject Drugs in San Francisco, California.Open forum infectious diseases · 2020Article
- HCV incidence is associated with injecting partner age and HCV serostatus mixing in young adults who inject drugs in San Francisco.PloS one · 2019Article
- Injection Partners, HCV, and HIV Status among Rural Persons Who Inject Drugs in Puerto Rico.Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Incidence and Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Illicit Drug Users in Italy.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018Article
- Development and validation of a novel scale for measuring interpersonal factors underlying injection drug using behaviours among injecting partnerships.The International journal on drug policy · 2017Article
- Silence Surrounding Hepatitis C Status in Risk Relationships Among Rural People Who Use Drugs.The journal of primary prevention · 2017Article
- Social Network Strategies to Address HIV Prevention and Treatment Continuum of Care Among At-risk and HIV-infected Substance Users: A Systematic Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- Exploratory social network analysis and gene sequencing in people who inject drugs infected with hepatitis C virus.Epidemiology and infection · 2016Article
- Increasing Infectious Endocarditis Admissions Among Young People Who Inject Drugs.Open forum infectious diseases · 2016Article
- The micro-social risk environment for injection drug use: An event specific analysis of dyadic, situational, and network predictors of injection risk behavior.The International journal on drug policy · 2016Article
- More than just someone to inject drugs with: Injecting within primary injection partnerships.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Article
- The role of social networks and geography on risky injection behaviors of young persons who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Article
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- Disinfection of syringes contaminated with hepatitis C virus by rinsing with household products.Open forum infectious diseases · 2015Article
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Abstract
aimsYoung injection drug users (IDU) are at high risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV). We sought to determine whether perceiving one's injecting partner to be HCV positive was associated with decreased odds of engaging in receptive needle/syringe sharing (RNS) or ancillary equipment sharing (AES) with that partner.
designCross sectional study.
setting2003 to 2007 in San Francisco.
participants212 young (under age 30) IDU who were HCV antibody negative reported on 492 injecting partnerships. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported RNS and AES within injecting partnerships.
findingsRNS and AES (in the absence of RNS) occurred in 23% and 64% of injecting partnerships in the prior month. The odds of engaging in RNS were significantly lower for relationships in which the participant reported that his/her partner was HCV positive (odds ratio [OR] 0.49; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.25-0.95). This association was attenuated when adjusted for reusing one's own needle/syringe (adjusted OR 0.57; 95% CI 0.28-1.15). The odds of engaging in AES were lower for participants who did not know the HCV status of their partner, only among non-sexual partnerships (OR 0.47; 95% CI 0.29-0.76).
conclusionsBecause perceiving one's partner to be HCV positive was associated with decreased RNS, increased HCV testing and partner disclosure may be warranted. AES was common and was decreased only among non-sexual partnerships in which the HCV status of the partner was not known. This suggests that interventions to reduce AES in young IDU must be widespread.
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