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Thomas Kerr1, Jo-Anne Stoltz, Brandon D L Marshall
1British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, BC, Canada. uhri-tk@cfenet.ubc.ca
Abstract:
We examined the association between five types of childhood maltreatment and initiation of injection drug use among a cohort of high-risk youth in Vancouver, Canada. Among 560 participants, 230 (41.1%) had injected drugs previously. In multivariate logistic analyses, only physical abuse (adjusted odds ratio = 1.91, 95% confidence interval: 1.29-2.83) was associated with injection drug use. These findings highlight the impact of childhood physical abuse on subsequent initiation into injection drug use among high-risk youth.
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