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- Title
High-Risk Geographic Mobility Patterns among Young Urban and Suburban Persons who Inject Drugs and their Injection Network Members.
- Authors
Boodram, Basmattee; Hotton, Anna L.; Shekhtman, Louis; Gutfraind, Alexander; Dahari, Harel
- 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.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; GEOGRAPHIC mobility; HEPATITIS C; SOCIAL networks; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; HIV infections; PATIENTS; INTRAVENOUS drug abuse; COMPARATIVE studies; DEMOGRAPHY; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; POPULATION geography; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; RISK-taking behavior; SUBURBANITES; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EVALUATION research; DRUG abusers; DISEASE prevalence; PSYCHOLOGY of drug abusers
- Publication
Journal of Urban Health, 2018, Vol 95, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
1099-3460
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11524-017-0185-7