Objective. To identify predictors of injection cessation among Montreal active injection drug users (IDUs). / Design. Subjects were selected from the St. Luc Cohort, a prospective study that has accrued IDUs since 1988. Subjects were eligible if they completed at least 3 visits between 1995 and 1999. Predictors of sustained and of short injection cessation were examined using logistic and Cox proportional regression. / Results. Sustained injection cessation was negatively associated with injection frequency, a surrogate marker of addiction severity. Getting syringes at needle exchange programs or pharmacies impacted positively on the ability of moderate users to initiate and sustain injection cessation. Recent exposure to addiction treatment predicted the occurrence of a short injection cessation episode. This association was stronger among participants reporting longer exposure to treatment. / Conclusion. These findings suggest that harm reduction and addiction treatment interventions can influence the occurrence of injection cessation. This information is important for social and health policy planning.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.80233 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Bruneau, Julie |
| Contributors | Franco, Eduardo L. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002031474, proquestno: AAIMQ98602, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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