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| Title |
Inability to access addiction treatment predicts injection initiation among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
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| Published in |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13011-015-0046-x |
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| Authors |
Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr, Seonaid Nolan, Huiru Dong, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood |
| Abstract |
Preventing injection drug use among vulnerable youth is critical for reducing serious drug-related harms. Addiction treatment is one evidence-based intervention to decrease problematic substance use; however, youth frequently report being unable to access treatment services and the impact of this on drug use trajectories remains largely unexplored. This study examines the relationship between being unable to access addiction treatment and injection initiation among street-involved youth. Data were derived from the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), a prospective cohort of street-involved youth aged 14-26 who use illicit drugs, from September 2005 to May 2014. An extended Cox model with time-dependent variables was used to identify factors independently associated with injection initiation. Among 462 participants who were injection naïve at baseline, 97 (21 %) initiated injection drug use over study follow-up and 129 (28 %) reported trying but being unable to access addiction treatment in the previous 6 months at some point during the study period. The most frequently reported reason for being unable to access treatment was being put on a wait list. In a multivariable Cox regression analysis, being unable to access addiction treatment remained independently associated with a more rapid rate of injection initiation (Adjusted Hazard Ratio =2.02; 95 % Confidence Interval: 1.12-3.62), after adjusting for potential confounders. Inability to access addiction treatment was common among our sample and associated with injection initiation. Findings highlight the need for easily accessible, evidence-based addiction treatment for high-risk youth as a means to prevent injection initiation and subsequent serious drug-related harms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 3 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 78% |
| Scientists | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 77 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 77 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 14% |
| Researcher | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 29 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 12% |
| Psychology | 8 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 34 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 February 2017.
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