Public drug injecting in London, Ontario: a cross-sectional survey

ABSTRACT:

Background:

Harms associated with public drug injection in large cities are well-established, but little is known about challenges that public injecting may pose for smaller municipalities. We evaluated the prevalence and correlates of public injecting among a sample of people who inject drugs in London, a mid-sized city in southwestern Ontario.

Methods:

Between March and April 2016, a sample of people who injected drugs participated in a quantitative survey as part of the Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Feasibility Study. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression models estimated associations of sociodemographic characteristics, sociostructural exposures and drug use behaviours with regular public injecting (injecting in public ≥ 25% of the time

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5498323 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature