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ArticleBMC public health2022

Health risk associated with residential relocation among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA: a cross sectional study.

Joey C Chiang, Ricky N Bluthenthal, Lynn D Wenger, Colette L Auerswald, Benjamin F Henwood, Alex H Kral

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Article in BMC public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Joey C ChiangUC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 570 University Hall, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA. joey.chiang@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5048-1808
Ricky N BluthenthalDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2001 N. Soto Street, 90032, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Lynn D WengerBehavioral Health Research Division, RTI International, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 800, 94704, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Colette L AuerswaldUC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 570 University Hall, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Benjamin F HenwoodSuzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, 90089-0411, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alex H KralBehavioral Health Research Division, RTI International, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 800, 94704, Berkeley, CA, USA.
RTI International · USUniversity of Southern California · USBerkeley College · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Preventing injection initiation: The Change The Cycle Randomized Controlled TrialR01DA038965 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BLUTHENTHAL, RICKY N, KRAL, ALEXANDER H · 2015 to 2018
$3.0M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA038965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGiven the housing instability and frequent residential relocation (both volitional and hegemonic) of people who inject drugs, we sought to determine whether residential relocation (defined as sleeping in a different place in the past 30 days) is associated with health outcomes in a sample of people who inject drugs (PWID).

methodsWe recruited 601 PWID using targeted sampling and interviewed them between 2016 and 2018 in San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA about housing, drug use practices, and service utilization. We then developed multivariable regression models to investigate how residential relocation is associated with violence, health outcomes, and social service access. We analyzed our data between June 2018 and October 2019.

resultsParticipants who relocated in the past 30 days had lower odds of being in substance use treatment (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] = 0.62, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 0.42, 0.89) and higher odds of nonfatal overdose (AOR = 2.50, CI = 1.28, 4.90), receptive syringe sharing (AOR = 2.26, CI = 1.18, 4.32), severe food insecurity (AOR = 1.69, CI = 1.14, 2.50), having belongings stolen (AOR = 2.14, CI = 1.42, 3.21), experiencing physical assault (AOR = 1.58, CI = 1.03, 2.43), arrest (AOR = 1.64, CI = 1.02, 2.65), and jail (AOR = 1.90, CI = 1.16, 3.13) in the past 6 months when compared to those who did not relocate.

conclusionsPWID who have relocated in the past 30 days have higher odds of experiencing violence and life- threatening adverse outcomes, and policies that disrupt living circumstances of PWID should be ended in favor of those that support housing stability.

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Drug UsersSubstance Abuse, IntravenousSubstance-Related DisordersCross-Sectional StudiesHumansLos AngelesSan FranciscoIncarcerationInjection drug useOverdoseResidential relocationViolence

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PMID35468819
PMCPMC9036752
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