Injection partnership characteristics and HCV status associations with syringe and equipment sharing among people who inject drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sharing of syringes is the leading transmission pathway for hepatitis C (HCV) infections. The extent to which HCV can spread among people who inject drugs (PWID) is largely dependent on syringe-sharing network factors. Our study aims to better understand partnership characteristics and syringe and equipment sharing with those partners, including measures of relationship closeness, sexual activity, and social support, as well as self and partner HCV status to better inform interventions for young urban and suburban PWID.

Methods

Data are from baseline interviews of a longitudinal network-based study of young (aged 18-30) PWID (egos) and their injection network members (alters) in metropolitan Chicago (n = 276). All participants completed a computer-assisted intervi

SUBMITTER: Mackesy-Amiti ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283252 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature