Open AccessPersistence and Change in Disparities in HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users in New York City After Large-Scale Syringe Exchange Programs
Author(s) -
Don C. Des Jarlais,
Kamyar Arasteh,
Holly Hagan,
Courtney McKnight,
David C. Perlman,
Samuel R. Friedman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.159327
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , psychological intervention , odds ratio , demography , confidence interval , syringe , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug injection , odds , gerontology , logistic regression , immunology , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology
We examined racial/ethnic disparities in HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs) before and after implementation of large-scale syringe exchange programs in New York City.