Journal article
Prevalence and Correlates of Syringe Disposal Box Use in a Philadelphia Neighborhood with High Levels of Public Drug Injection
Substance use & misuse, v 56(5), pp 668-673
06 Feb 2021
PMID: 33663334
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Background: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) is facing an unprecedented public health crisis due to fentanyl use. To combat drug-related litter, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health installed 7 public syringe disposal boxes (SDB) in Kensington, the neighborhood most impacted by the opioid crisis and home to a syringe exchange. Methods: We used street- and business-intercepts to recruit residents (N=358) and business owners/staff (N=78) who completed a brief survey with two binary items measuring observing and using SDB. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess factors independently associated with SDB observance and use. Results: 78% (340/436) observed SDB and 34.1% (116/340) had ever used SDB among those who had seen them. Unstably housed persons had 4.3 times greater odds of observing SDB (Adjusted odds ratio [aOR= 4.29; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.56, 11.82) and had 2.5 times greater odds of using SDB (aOR = 2.51; 95% CI: 1.33, 4.74) as did people who use opioids (aOR = 2.61; 95% CI: 1.45, 4.72). Among individuals reporting opioid use who also saw SDB (n=123), those who were unstably housed were more likely to use SDB than those with stable housing (67.8% vs 45.3%, p=.012). Conclusion: These results suggest Kensington residents, especially those who are unstably housed, use SDB once they see them in the neighborhood.
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- Title
- Prevalence and Correlates of Syringe Disposal Box Use in a Philadelphia Neighborhood with High Levels of Public Drug Injection
- Creators
- Alexis M. Roth - Drexel UniversityAllison K. Mitchell - Drexel UniversityRohit Mukherjee - Drexel UniversityAyden I. Scheim - Drexel UniversityKathleen M. Ward - Drexel UniversityStephen E. Lankenau - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Substance use & misuse, v 56(5), pp 668-673
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health Arnold Ventures
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000625709900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85103526614
- Other Identifier
- 991019168478104721
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- Psychiatry
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