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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: Assisted injection in outdoor venues: an observational study of risks and implications for service delivery and harm reduction programming | Lloyd-Smith et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2010 7 6 http www.harmreductionjournal.eom content 7 1 6 HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL RESEARCH Open Access Assisted injection in outdoor venues an observational study of risks and implications for service delivery and harm reduction programming 1 1 2 2 11 1 1 Elisa Lloyd-Smith Beth S Rachlis Diane Tobin Dave Stone Kathy Li Will Small Evan Wood Thomas Kerr Abstract Background Assisted injection and public injection have both been associated with a variety of individual harms including an increased risk of HIV infection. As a means of informing local IDU-driven interventions that target or seek to address assisted injection we examined the correlates of receiving assistance with injecting in outdoor settings among a cohort of persons who inject drugs IDU . Methods Using data from the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study VIDUS an observational cohort study of IDU generalized estimating equations GEE were performed to examine socio-demographic and behavioural factors associated with reports of receiving assistance with injecting in outdoor settings. Results From January 2004 to December 2005 a total of 620 participants were eligible for the present analysis. Our study included 251 40.5 women and 203 32.7 self-identified Aboriginal participants. The proportion of participants who reported assisted injection outdoors ranged over time between 8 and 15 . Assisted injection outdoors was independently and positively associated with being female Adjusted Odds Ratio AOR 1.74 95 Confidence Intervals CI 1.21-2.50 daily cocaine injection AOR 1.70 95 CI 1.29-2.24 and sex trade involvement AOR 1.44 95 CI 1.00-2.06 and was negatively associated with Aboriginal ethnicity AOR 0.58 95 CI 0.41-0.82 . Conclusions Our findings indicate that a substantial proportion of local IDU engage in assisted injecting in outdoor settings and that the practice is associated with other markers of drug-related harm including being female daily cocaine injecting and .