Sentence examples for levels of syringe sharing from inspiring English sources

In a multi-site study of female IDUs in the US, Wagner and colleagues [ 22] found that IPV was associated with higher levels of syringe sharing.

That led to very high levels of syringe sharing, difficulties accessing syringes locally and high rates of hepatitis seen as well".

Although many PWID cease injection while incarcerated, the routine lack of sterile syringes often means levels of syringe sharing are typically higher in correctional settings than in the community [ 8, 17, 18].

Sexual risks might help explain why Mexican American IDUs in our sample have such a low HIV prevalence in spite of having equal levels of syringe sharing and lower access to sterile syringes than Whites and African Americans [ 42, 43].

Further, an alarmingly high level of syringe sharing within prison was reported, and incarceration was not associated with reductions in drug use.

Among non-incarcerated individuals, the decreased level of syringe sharing observed might be related to the expansion of opioid substitution therapies and other harm reduction services in this setting, including the opening of a supervised injection facility.

Individual syringe coverage has been strongly associated with safer injection behaviors, including lower odds of syringe sharing [ 41].

The high-risk class was characterized by high frequency of sharing equipment, and low or high frequency of syringe sharing with a majority not cleaning shared syringes with bleach.

Further, an alarmingly high level of syringe sharing (81.4%) was reported among those who injected drugs while in prison.

We observed alarmingly high levels of incarceration and syringe sharing in prison among a community-recruited sample of Thai IDU.

Young MA injectors continue to be at an increased risk of syringe sharing, even in the presence of well-established, high coverage syringe distribution programmes.