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より安全な注射施設の使用と注射薬物使用者における注射器の共有
Thomas Kerr1, Mark Tyndall, Kathy Li
1British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada. tkerr@cfenet.ubc.ca
Lancet (London, England)
|July 26, 2005
まとめ
より安全な注射施設は,違法薬物使用者の間で注射器の共有を大幅に削減します. この研究は,病気の伝染を防ぐために,監督された薬物消費場所の公衆衛生上の利点を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 依存症医学 薬物中毒医学
背景:
- より安全な注射施設 (SIF) は,違法薬物使用のための監視された環境を提供します.
- 注射薬物使用者の間での注射器の共有は,感染症の伝播の主要なリスク要因です.
- 注射器の共有に関連する要因を理解することは,有害性削減戦略にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 注射薬物使用者のコホートにおける注射器の共有に関連する要因を調査する.
- 最近オープンしたより安全な注射施設が,注射器の共有行動に与える影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 431人のアクティブな注射薬物使用者のコホートは,コミュニティから募集されました.
- 2003年12月から2004年6月にかけて収集されたデータです.
- 注射器共有の予測要因を特定するためのロジスティック回帰分析.
主要な成果:
- 11.4%の参加者が,過去6ヶ月間,注射器の共有を報告した.
- より安全な注射装置の使用は,注射器共有の有意な減少と独立して関連していました (aOR=0.30,p=0.02).
- この関連性は,社会統計学的および薬物使用の特徴を調整した後も依然として有意であった.
結論:
- より安全な注射施設は,注射器の共有行動を減らすのに効果的です.
- SIFは,注射薬物使用者の間での害の軽減のための貴重な公衆衛生の介入を表しています.
- この調査結果は,薬物使用管理サービスの導入と拡大を支えるものである.
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