Geographical injecting locations among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia
Geographical injecting locations among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia
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DOI：
10.1046/j.1360-0443.2001.9622416.x
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发表时间：
2001-02-01
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6
通讯作者：
Ross, J
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作者：
Darke, S;Kaye, S;Ross, J
目标。记录IDU注射的地理位置，以及公共场所注射的相关因素和危害。设计。横断面调查。设置。澳大利亚悉尼。参与者。200名注射吸毒者。发现。几乎所有受试者（96%）都曾在公共场所注射过，89%的受试者在过去6个月内注射过。在研究的所有地点都有大量注射，包括汽车（90%）、公共厕所（81%）、街道（80%）和火车（55%）。在公共场所注射也经常发生，53%的受试者在过去6个月内经常在至少一个公共场所注射。在过去的6个月里，27%的受试者经常在街上注射，22%的人经常在汽车里注射，17%的人经常在公共厕所注射。经常在公共场所注射的人更可能是男性，他们在过去6个月里服用过量，在过去6个月里注射了更多的药物种类，在过去6个月里注射了更多的身体注射部位，并且目前有更多与注射有关的问题。结论。绝大多数样本都在公共场所注射，并且与频繁的公共场所注射相关的危害模式增加。在试图量化与注射有关的危害并减少这种危害时，注射发生的地点是非常重要的。
Aims. To document the geographical injection locations of IDU, and the factors and harms associated with injecting in public places. Design. Cross-sectional survey. Setting. Sydney, Australia. Participants. Two hundred injecting drug users. Findings. Nearly all subjects (96%) had injected in a public place, and 89% had done so in the preceding 6 months. Large proportions had injected in all locations studied, including cars (90%), public toilets (81%), the street (80%) and trains (55%). Injecting in public places also occurred frequently, with 53% of subjects having injected often in at least one public location during the preceding 6 months. Twenty-seven per cent of subjects had injected often in the street over the preceding 6 months, 22% had injected often in cars and 17% had injected often in public toilets. Frequent injectors in public places were more likely to be male, and to have overdosed in the preceding 6 months, injected significantly more drug classes in the preceding 6 months, injected in more bodily injecting sites in the preceding 6 months and had more current injection-related problems than other IDU. Conclusions. Injecting in public places was practised by the overwhelming majority of the sample, and a pattern of increased harm was associated with frequent public injecting. In attempting to quantify the harm associated with injecting, and to reduce such harm, the locations injections take place in are of major importance.