High-Risk Geographic Mobility Patterns among Young Urban and Suburban Persons who Inject Drugs and their Injection Network Members

Basmattee Boodram; Anna L. Hotton; Louis Shekhtman; Alexander Gutfraind; Harel Dahari

doi:10.1007/s11524-017-0185-7

High-Risk Geographic Mobility Patterns among Young Urban and Suburban Persons who Inject Drugs and their Injection Network Members

Basmattee Boodram
, Anna L. Hotton
, Louis Shekhtman
, Alexander Gutfraind
, Harel Dahari

Department of Physics - at Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-82
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Urban Health
Volume	95
Issue number	1
Early online date	5 Sep 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-017-0185-7
State	Published - 1 Feb 2018

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© 2017, The New York Academy of Medicine.

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Funding Source This study was funded by a pilot grant award from the Chicago Developmental Center for AIDS Research (Grant#5P30AI082151–04). Other funding to support work on this manuscript include an NIH grant (R01-AI078881) and internal funding from Loyola University Chicago. The funding sources were not directly involved in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of this report; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

Funders	Funder number
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	R01AI078881
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago Developmental Center for AIDS Research	5P30AI082151–04

Keywords

Hepatitis C
Injection drug use
Mobility
Persons who inject drugs
Suburban
Transience

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