Examining risk behavior and syringe coverage among people who inject drugs accessing a syringe services program: A latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Injection drug use (IDU) remains a significant public health problem. IDU has been associated closely with the opioid crisis; driving overdose, HIV, and Hepatitis C (HCV) infection nationwide. Syringe services programs (SSPs) remain pivotal evidence-based interventions to reduce harm and engage subgroups of people who inject drugs (PWID). This study aims to provide policy considerations from the IDEA SSP, the first legal SSP in the state of Florida.

Methods

We performed a latent class analysis on patterns of substance use among participants (N = 982) newly enrolled in a syringe services program (SSP). Associations between classes of substance use and sociodemographic variables, risky injection and sex behaviors, HIV/HCV status and syringe coverage were analyzed

SUBMITTER: Bartholomew TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7302981 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature