Context and correlates of providing assistance with someone's first injection in the AIDS linked to the IntraVenous Experience cohort, Baltimore, MD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The social processes around initiating injection may be well-suited to intervention, yet there is substantial heterogeneity in the reported experiences of people who inject drugs (PWID) who assist with another individual's first drug injection. We aimed to describe the lifetime prevalence and context of providing initiation assistance among a cohort of PWID.

Methods

Participants of the AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE) cohort of PWID in Baltimore, Maryland (n=848) were surveyed during 2019-2020 about assisting with another person's first injection. Associations between factors related to injection risk and history of providing assistance were estimated using logistic regression models adjusted for sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics.

SUBMITTER: Gicquelais RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10529208 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature