ArticleHarm reduction journal2022
The association of gender with receptive and distributive needle sharing among individuals who inject drugs.
Article in Harm reduction journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- HIV Risk Behaviors Among Community-Recruited Older People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) Prescreening for HPTN 094 in Washington, DC.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Gender and power dynamics in three types of injection partnerships among young women in rural Appalachia.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- A comprehensive review of state laws that govern the distribution and possession of drug use equipment in the United States.The International journal on drug policy · 2026Review
- Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Syringe reuse among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachian Kentucky.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
- LatinX harm reduction capital, medication for opioid use disorder, and nonfatal overdose: A structural equation model analysis among people who use drugs in Massachusetts.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- National HIV and HCV Screening Rates for Hospitalized People who Use Drugs Are Suboptimal and Heterogeneous Across 11 US Hospitals.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Injection Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors Associated With Infection Transmission and Access to Harm Reduction for People Who Use Drugs and Sell Sex in the Rural US.Substance use : research and treatmentArticle
- Integrating harm reduction and addiction care in HIV prevention among persons who inject drugs in the United States-a narrative review.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseReview
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Abstract
backgroundInjection drug use and needle sharing remains a public health concern due to the associated risk of HIV, HCV and skin and soft tissue infections. Studies have shown gendered differences in the risk environment of injection drug use, but data are currently limited to smaller urban cohorts.
methodsTo assess the relationship between gender and needle sharing, we analyzed publicly available data from the 2010-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) datasets. Chi-square tests were conducted for descriptive analyses and multivariable logistic regression models were built adjusting for survey year, age, HIV status, and needle source.
resultsAmong the entire sample, 19.8% reported receptive needle sharing, 18.8% reported distributive sharing of their last needle, and 37.0% reported reuse of their own needle during last injection. In comparison with men, women had 34% increased odds (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.11-1.55) of receptive needle sharing and 67% increased odds (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.41-1.98) of distributive needle sharing. Reuse of one's own needle did not differ by gender.
conclusionsIn this nationally representative sample, we found that women are more likely in comparison with men to share needles both through receptive and distributive means. Expansion of interventions, including syringe service programs, to increase access to sterile injection equipment is of great importance.
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