ArticleInternational wound journal2021
Correlates of injection-related wounds and skin infections amongst persons who inject drugs and use a syringe service programme: A single center study.
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- Dermatologic conditions and risk factors in people experiencing homelessness (PEH): systematic review.Archives of dermatological research · 2023Pooled it
- The Housing Instability Scale: Determining a Cutoff Score and Its Utility for Contextualizing Health Outcomes in People Who Use Drugs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Gender differences regarding interest in opioid agonist treatment with hydromorphone: a cross-sectional study of syringe service program participants.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- A hand-washing community-based educational intervention to reduce abscess incidence among people who inject drugs: a cluster randomised controlled clinical trial protocol (the HAWA study protocol).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Syringe services program staff and participant perspectives on changing drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Protective or potentially harmful? Altering drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration.Research square · 2024Article
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- Community-Based Wound Care Programs for Unhoused Individuals.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2023Review
- Correlates of injection-related wounds and skin infections amongst persons who inject drugs and use a syringe service programme: A single center study.International wound journal · 2021Article
- Wounds and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in People Who Inject Drugs and the Utility of Syringe Service Programs in Their Management.Advances in wound care · 2021Article
- Treatment experiences for skin and soft tissue infections among participants of syringe service programs in North Carolina.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Risk factors associated with wounds and skin infections amongst persons who inject drugs may have changed in the era of fentanyl and now stimulant coinjection. We assessed the number of injection site wounds and skin infections and associated factors amongst 675 persons who inject drugs in a syringe services programme. Of this sample, 173 participants reported a total of 307 wounds and skin infections. Significant factors associated with increased number of wounds and skin infections were age 30 or older, female gender, ever experiencing homelessness, cocaine injection, and injecting between 5 and 10 years. Wounds and skin infections were common amongst syringe services programme clients and are associated with certain risk factors that may help to design effective interventions. Given the high prevalence of wounds in syringe services programme clients, wound care clinicians can make a significant difference and improve outcomes. We also shed light on correlates of wounds and skin infections in persons who inject drugs in order to spur further research to devise efficacious interventions for this underserved group.
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