Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2012
Skin and needle hygiene intervention for injection drug users: results from a randomized, controlled Stage I pilot trial.
Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Characteristics associated with motivation to stop substance use and improve skin and needle hygiene among hospitalized patients who inject drugs.Substance abuse · 2022Trial
- Association of skin infections with sharing of injection drug preparation equipment among people who inject drugs.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a brief behavioral intervention to reduce skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Pain is associated with reduced adherence to safer injection practices among people who inject opioids.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- A systematic review of macro-, meso, and micro-level harm reduction interventions addressing the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic.Drugs (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Soft Tissue, Bone, and Joint Infections in People Who Inject Drugs.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2020Review
- Transmission dynamics for Methicilin-resistant Staphalococous areus with injection drug user.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- High Perineal and Overall Frequency of Staphylococcus aureus in People Who Inject Drugs, Compared to Non-Injectors.Current microbiology · 2017Article
- Injection Drug Users' Perceived Barriers to Using Self-Initiated Harm Reduction Strategies.Addiction research & theory · 2014Article
- Risk Factors Associated With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Among Hospitalized People Who Inject Drugs.Journal of addiction medicineArticle
- Barriers to practicing risk reduction strategies among people who inject drugs.Addiction research & theoryArticle
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
A new skin and needle hygiene intervention, designed to reduce high-risk injection practices associated with bacterial and viral infections, was tested in a pilot, randomized controlled trial. Participants included 48 active heroin injectors recruited through street outreach and randomized to either a 2-session intervention or an assessment-only condition (AO) and followed up for 6 months. The primary outcome was skin- and needle-cleaning behavioral skills measured by videotaped demonstration. Secondary outcomes were high-risk injection practices, intramuscular injection, and bacterial infections. Intervention participants had greater improvements on the skin (d = 1.00) and needle-cleaning demonstrations (d = .52) and larger reductions in high-risk injection practices (d = .32) and intramuscular injection (d = .29), with a lower incidence rate of bacterial infections (hazard ratio = .80), at 6 months compared with AO. The new intervention appears feasible and promising as a brief intervention to reduce bacterial and viral risks associated with drug injection.
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