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CRACK COCAINE INJECTION PRACTICES AND HIV RISK: FINDINGS FROM NEW YORK AND BRIDGEPORT
Journal of drug issues, v 34(2), pp 319-332
01 Apr 2004
PMCID: PMC2136406
PMID: 18079990
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Abstract
This article examines the behavioral practices and health risks associated with preparing crack cocaine for injection. Using an ethno-epidemiological approach, injection drug users (n=38) were recruited between 1999 and 2000 from public settings in New York City and Bridgeport, Connecticut and responded to a semistructured interview focusing on crack injection initiation and their most recent crack injection. Study findings indicate that methods of preparing crack for injection were impacted by a transforming agent, heat applied to the "cooker," heroin use, age of the injector, and geographic location of the injector. The findings suggest that crack injectors use a variety of methods to prepare crack, which may carry different risks for the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. In particular, crack injection may be an important factor in the current HIV epidemic. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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- Title
- CRACK COCAINE INJECTION PRACTICES AND HIV RISK: FINDINGS FROM NEW YORK AND BRIDGEPORT
- Creators
- Stephen Lankenau - Mailman School of Public HealthMichael Clatts - Université Paris-SaclayLloyd Goldsamt - NursingDorinda Welle - Université Paris-Saclay
- Publication Details
- Journal of drug issues, v 34(2), pp 319-332
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000222315100005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-3042592738
- Other Identifier
- 991020099716604721
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