ArticleSubstance use & misuse2013
Abscess and self-treatment among injection drug users at four California syringe exchanges and their surrounding communities.
Article in Substance use & misuse, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06843213 (Teaching Health Promotion and Resilience in Varied Environments), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers.
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Teaching Health Promotion and Resilience in Varied Environments: a Peer-led Intervention Following Hospital Discharge
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26 citing papers in PubMed.
- 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
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- Infectious disease complications associated with opioid use disorder at a southern county hospital: a retrospective chart review.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Injection-Related Infections and Self-treatment Practices Among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Appalachia.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Cutaneous Abscess Prevalence and Risk Factors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Denver, Colorado.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Water, sanitation and hygiene insecurity predict abscess incidence among people who inject drugs in a binational US-Mexico metropolitan area: A longitudinal cohort study.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
- Trends and correlates of abscess history among people who inject drugs in Massachusetts: A mixed methods exploration of experiences amidst a rapidly evolving drug supply.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- Differential risks of syringe service program participants in Central Ohio: a latent class analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- A community-based study of abscess self-treatment and barriers to medical care among people who inject drugs in the United States.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Impact of a Homeless Encampment Closure on Crime Complaints in the Bronx, New York City, 2017: Implications for Municipal Policy.Journal of evidence-based social work (2019) · 2022Article
- Long-term Infective Endocarditis Mortality Associated With Injection Opioid Use in the United States: A Modeling Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Treatment experiences for skin and soft tissue infections among participants of syringe service programs in North Carolina.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Intrawound injection of heroin as a drug delivery route among a cohort of people who inject drugs.Health science reports · 2021Article
- Community Wound Care Program Within a Syringe Exchange Program: Chicago, 2018-2019.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- When is an abscess more than an abscess? Syringe services programs and the harm reduction safety-net: a case report.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Self-care habits among people who inject drugs with skin and soft tissue infections: a qualitative analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2019Article
- 'Care and Prevent': rationale for investigating skin and soft tissue infections and AA amyloidosis among people who inject drugs in London.Harm reduction journal · 2018Observational
- Sex work, injection drug use, and abscesses: Associations in women, but not men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Nationwide increase in hospitalizations for heroin-related soft tissue infections: Associations with structural market conditions.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to identify the prevalence and determinants of soft tissue infections and self-treatment among injection drug users (IDUs) in California. The study interviewed 864 IDUs in California using computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) from 2003 to 2005. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to examine adjusted associations for recent abscess and abscess self-treatment. In these analyses, Latinos had higher odds than African Americans to self-treat, while IDUs reporting a usual place of health care had lower odds of self-treatment. Findings suggest an expansion of wound care facilities to mitigate the self-treatment of abscesses, with special consideration to Latinos.
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