Document 0349
 DOCN  M9550349
 TI    Injection drug users in the Midwest: an epidemiologic comparison of drug
       use patterns in four Ohio cities.
 DT    9505
 AU    Siegal HA; Carlson RG; Wang J; Falck RS; Stephens RC; Nelson ED; Wright
       State University, School of Medicine, Substance Abuse; Intervention
       Programs, Dayton, Ohio 45401.
 SO    J Psychoactive Drugs. 1994 Jul-Sep;26(3):265-75. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95147100
 AB    Variations in the drug use patterns of injection drug users (IDUs) can
       have important implications for public health efforts aimed at reducing
       drug abuse and the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus.
       This article describes and compares the characteristics of IDUs living
       in four Ohio cities and compares African-American and White IDUs at a
       statewide level. Data from 2,001 IDUs who were recruited for the
       National AIDS Demonstration Research project between 1989 and 1991 in
       Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Dayton were compared on a number of
       variables by city and by ethnicity using descriptive statistics and
       ANCOVA analysis. Significant differences among IDUs in the four cities
       exist for the use of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, crack, heroin,
       speedball, other opioids, shooting gallery use, safer needle practices,
       treatment history, and self-help participation. Differences by ethnicity
       emerged on all variables except marijuana use, overall injection
       frequency, and incarceration experience. The results suggest that
       dramatic differences exist between African-American and White IDUs, and
       among IDUs in cities relatively close together, regardless of ethnicity.
       These findings should be considered when developing policy and programs
       for prevention and treatment activities targeting IDUs.
 DE    Adult  Alcohol Drinking/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Blacks  Cocaine  Comparative Study
       Crack Cocaine  Diacetylmorphine  Female  Human  Male  Marijuana
       Smoking/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Ohio/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  Urban Population
       Whites  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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