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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Methamphetamine use and malnutrition among street-involved youth | Werb et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2010 7 5 http www.harmreductionjournal.eom content 7 1 5 HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL BRIEF REPORT Open Access Methamphetamine use and malnutrition among street-involved youth Dan Werb1 Thomas Kerr1 Ruth Zhang1 Julio SG Montaner1 2 Evan Wood1 2 Abstract We sought to explore the effect of crystal methamphetamine use on the risk of experiencing malnutrition among street-involved youth in Vancouver Canada. Risk of malnutrition was defined as being hungry but not having enough money to buy food. Socio-demographic and drug use factors associated with risk of malnutrition were investigated using univariate and multivariate analysis among a prospective cohort of street-involved youth known as the At-Risk Youth Study ARYS . Between September 2005 and December 2006 509 street-involved youth were enrolled in ARYS among whom 21 reported being at risk of malnutrition as defined above in the previous six months. In multivariate analysis only non-injection crystal methamphetamine was significantly associated with being at risk of malnutrition among this cohort Adjusted Odds Ratio AOR 1.60 95 Confidence Interval CI 1.03 - 2.48 p 0.036 . Interventions seeking to address food insecurity among street youth may benefit from considering drug use patterns since methamphetamine use predicted higher risk in this setting. Findings Over the last decade crystal methamphetamine use has emerged as a unique and significant public health concern and data on the prevalence of crystal methamphetamine use have shown that its use is increasing in North America particularly among young gay men and young injection drug users 1 2 . Studies have also reported that crystal methamphetamine use is associated with a variety of physiological and neurological disorders 3 as well as with a number of risk behaviours for HIV transmission and that these risks are heightened among street-involved youth 2 . This is of concern given that the health of street-involved youth is already .
