Self-perception of assisting with future injection drug initiation: The influence of relationships in the process of drug injecting initiation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and aims

People who inject drugs (PWID) play critical roles in assisting others into injection drug use (IDU) initiation. Understanding perceptions of PWID's risk of initiating others is needed to inform interventions for prevention. The objective was to examine factors associated with self-perception of assisting with future IDU initiation events. The primary variables of interest are the relationships of PWID with the person(s) they assisted and their reasons for previously providing initiation assistance.

Design and methods

Data from Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses, a multi-site prospective community-recruited cohort study, were analysed. Analyses were restricted to PWID who reported ever providing IDU initiation assistance. Site-specific

SUBMITTER: Bloom BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7977721 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature