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To assess the relationship between recruitment year into an AIDS prevention project and the probability of engaging in high-risk injection practices.

March 1, 1999Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology

Trends in Injection Risk Behaviors in a Sample of New York City Injection Drug Users: 1992-1995

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MBMark BeardsleyColorado State University SDSherry DerenNew York University STStephanie TortuTulane University

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Cohort study reveals significant declines in syringe and equipment sharing among injection drug users, highlighting the effectiveness of community AIDS prevention programs.

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To assess the relationship between recruitment year into an AIDS prevention project and the probability of engaging in high-risk injection practices.
Recruited N=834 injection drug users across four successive annual cohorts over a 44-month period (January 1992 to August 1995) in New York City.
Utilized logistic regression to assess temporal trends in three binary risk behaviors: using previously used syringes, using previously used injection supplies, and lending used syringes to others.
Significant decreasing trends occurred over time in giving or lending used needles/syringes to another person (p < 0.0001).
Significant reductions also emerged in the use of previously used injection paraphernalia, including cookers, cotton, and rinse water (p < 0.0001).
Participant characteristics remained stable across recruitment years and did not account for the observed declines in risky injection behaviors.

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Beardsley et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0b45b248609dcc0aacf46d https://doi.org/10.1097/00042560-199903010-00011

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Cohort study reveals significant declines in syringe and equipment sharing among injection drug users, highlighting the effectiveness of community AIDS prevention programs.

Trends in Injection Risk Behaviors in a Sample of New York City Injection Drug Users: 1992-1995

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