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Drug Alcohol Depend ; 120(1-3): 28-34, 2012 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21764528

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BACKGROUND: Limited attention has been given to the potential role that the structure of housing available to people who are entrenched in street-based drug scenes may play in influencing the amount of time injection drug users (IDU) spend on public streets. We sought to examine the relationship between time spent socializing in Vancouver's drug scene and access to private space. METHODS: Using multivariate logistic regression we evaluated factors associated with socializing (three+ hours each day) in Vancouver's open drug scene among a prospective cohort of IDU. We also assessed attitudes towards relocating socializing activities if greater access to private indoor space was provided. RESULTS: Among our sample of 1114 IDU, 43% fit our criteria for socializing in the open drug scene. In multivariate analysis, having limited access to private space was independently associated with socializing (adjusted odds ratio: 1.80, 95% confidence interval: 1.28-2.55). In further analysis, 65% of 'socializers' reported positive attitudes towards relocating socializing if they had greater access to private space. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that providing IDU with greater access to private indoor space may reduce one component of drug-related street disorder. Low-threshold supportive housing based on the 'housing first' model that include safeguards to manage behaviors associated with illicit drug use appear to offer important opportunities to create the types of private spaces that could support a reduction in street disorder.


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Meio Social , Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa/psicologia , Adulto , Atitude , Colúmbia Britânica/epidemiologia , Cidades , Feminino , Habitação , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Privacidade , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Comportamento Social , Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa/epidemiologia , Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa/prevenção & controle , Fatores de Tempo
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Int J Drug Policy ; 22(5): 376-84, 2011 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21684142

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BACKGROUND: Income generation opportunities available to people who use illicit drugs have been associated with street disorder. Among a cohort of injection drug users (IDU) we sought to examine street-based income generation practices and willingness to forgo these sources of income if other low-threshold work opportunities were made available. METHODS: Data were derived from a prospective community recruited cohort of IDU. We assessed the prevalence of engaging in disorderly street-based income generation activities, including sex work, drug dealing, panhandling, and recycling/salvaging/vending. Using multivariate logistic regressions based on Akaike information criterion and the best subset selection procedure, we identified factors associated with disorderly income generation activities, and assessed willingness to forgo these sources of income during the period of November 2008 to July 2009. RESULTS: Among our sample of 874 IDU, 418 (48%) reported engaging in a disorderly income generation activity in the previous six months. In multivariate analyses, engaging in disorderly income generation activities was independently associated with high intensity stimulant use, as well as binge drug use, having encounters with police, being a victim of violence, sharing used syringes, and injecting in public areas. Among those engaged in disorderly income generation, 198 (47%) reported a willingness to forgo these income sources if given opportunities for low-threshold employment, with sex workers being most willing to engage in alternative employment. CONCLUSION: Engagement in disorderly street-based income generation activities was associated with high intensity stimulant drug use and various markers of risk. We found that a high proportion of illicit drug users were willing to cease engagement in these activities if they had options for causal low-threshold employment. These findings indicate that there is a high demand for low-threshold employment that may offer important opportunities to reduce drug-related street disorder and associated harms.


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Emprego/psicologia , Drogas Ilícitas/economia , Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa/epidemiologia , Adulto , Estudos de Coortes , Bases de Dados Factuais , Vias de Administração de Medicamentos , Usuários de Drogas/psicologia , Emprego/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Drogas Ilícitas/metabolismo , Drogas Ilícitas/provisão & distribuição , Renda , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Reciclagem/economia , Características de Residência , Trabalho Sexual/psicologia , Profissionais do Sexo/psicologia , Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa/economia , Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa/psicologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/economia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/metabolismo , Seringas
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