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Risk factors for intravenous drug use and sharing equipment among young male drug users in Longchuan County, south-west China.
AIDS. 1996 Aug;10(9):1017-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97006443 Wu Z; Detels R; Zhang J; Duan S; Cheng H; Li Z; Dong L; Huang S; Jia M; Bi X; Department of Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles; School of Public Health 90095-1772, USA.
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: To identify the risk factors for intravenous drug use and sharing of equipment in Longchuan County in south-west China. METHODS: Demographic information and sexual and drug-use-related behavior between 1 January 1991 and 1 August 1994 were collected retrospectively from a cohort of young male drug users aged 18-29 years in 82 villages. RESULTS: A total of 433 drug users were identified. The cumulative incidence of intravenous drug use was 40.0% during the 3.7-year study period. The annual incidence increased from 10% in 1991 to over 30% in 1994. Risk factors for intravenous drug use among drug users, according to the multivariate model, included having had premarital/extramarital sex [odds ratio (OR), 1.5; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.01-2.3], having a family member who used drugs in 1991 (OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1-2.9), and currently not married (OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 0.98-2.7). Being Buddhist protected against intravenous drug use (OR, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.2-0.9). The population attributable fraction was 30% for not being currently married, 17% for having had premarital/extramarital sex and 14% for having a family member who used drugs. The risk factor for sharing of equipment was being of Jingpo ethnicity (OR, 5.8; 95% CI, 2.5-13.8). The average incidence of sharing equipment was 19.6% per year. The population attributable fraction for sharing equipment was 58.5% for being Jingpo. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of intravenous drug use and sharing equipment is increasing. Therefore, it is urgent that vigorous, effective intervention programs be initiated in southern Yunnan. Unmarried, sexually promiscuous Jingpo drug users with a family history of drug use should be especially targeted. Given the problems of transport and communication in this remote area of China, intervention programs which use existing social, governmental and community networks should be implemented.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult China Female Human HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION Male *Needle Sharing Risk Factors *Substance Abuse, Intravenous Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE 970330
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