Document 0459
 DOCN  M9650459
 TI    Patterns of injecting and sharing in a Scottish prison.
 DT    9605
 AU    Shewan D; Macpherson A; Reid MM; Davies JB; Department of Psychology,
       Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.
 SO    Drug Alcohol Depend. 1995 Oct;39(3):237-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96127545
 AB    Although the potential for prisons to act as the setting for HIV
       transmission has been recognised, there is an enduring lack of knowledge
       in this area. Data are presented on patterns of injecting and sharing in
       Edinburgh prison (Scotland), 1993-1994. There was a relatively low level
       of injecting in Edinburgh prison during this period, with 13% (8/60) of
       a sample of drug users having injected at some point during their
       current sentence. The majority (6/8) of those who had injected had
       shared injecting equipment. Where sharing took place, the level of HIV
       risk was variable, but would have been higher had cleaning fluids not
       been available within the prison, or had they not been used by sharers.
       The implications of this study for drug service provision in prisons is
       discussed.
 DE    Adult  Cross-Sectional Studies  Follow-Up Studies  Health Education
       Human  HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Incidence
       Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Needle Sharing/ADVERSE
       EFFECTS/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Prisoners/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Risk Factors  Scotland/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/  REHABILITATION  Support,
       Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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