TY - JOUR
T1 - High-Risk Geographic Mobility Patterns among Young Urban and Suburban Persons who Inject Drugs and their Injection Network Members
AU - Boodram, Basmattee
AU - Hotton, Anna L.
AU - Shekhtman, Louis
AU - Gutfraind, Alexander
AU - Dahari, Harel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The New York Academy of Medicine.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Young people in the USA who inject drugs, particularly those at a risk of residence instability, experience the highest incidence of hepatitis C (HCV) infections. This study examined associations between geographic mobility patterns and sociodemographic, behavioral, and social network characteristics of 164 young (ages 18–30) persons who inject drugs (PWID). We identified a potential bridge sub-population who reported residence in both urban and suburban areas in the past year (crossover transients) and higher-risk behaviors (receptive syringe sharing, multiple sex partners) compared to their residentially localized counterparts. Because they link suburban and urban networks, crossover transients may facilitate transmission of HIV and HCV between higher and lower prevalence areas. Interventions should address risk associated with residential instability, particularly among PWID who travel between urban and suburban areas.
AB - Young people in the USA who inject drugs, particularly those at a risk of residence instability, experience the highest incidence of hepatitis C (HCV) infections. This study examined associations between geographic mobility patterns and sociodemographic, behavioral, and social network characteristics of 164 young (ages 18–30) persons who inject drugs (PWID). We identified a potential bridge sub-population who reported residence in both urban and suburban areas in the past year (crossover transients) and higher-risk behaviors (receptive syringe sharing, multiple sex partners) compared to their residentially localized counterparts. Because they link suburban and urban networks, crossover transients may facilitate transmission of HIV and HCV between higher and lower prevalence areas. Interventions should address risk associated with residential instability, particularly among PWID who travel between urban and suburban areas.
KW - Hepatitis C
KW - Injection drug use
KW - Mobility
KW - Persons who inject drugs
KW - Suburban
KW - Transience
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U2 - 10.1007/s11524-017-0185-7
DO - 10.1007/s11524-017-0185-7
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C2 - 28875410
AN - SCOPUS:85028982686
SN - 1099-3460
VL - 95
SP - 71
EP - 82
JO - Journal of Urban Health
JF - Journal of Urban Health
IS - 1
ER -
