Crack Cocaine Use Hiv
What Is “crack”? Epidemiology Of crack use
¾ Crack users have been shown to be at elevated risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Changes in use of crack cocaine after drug misuse treatment: 4-5 year follow-up results from the National Treatment … Access Document
What Are Substance Abusers' HIV Prevention Needs?
The relation between nitrite inhalants, unpro-tective receptive anal intercourse, and the risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1992;135:1-11. 5. Edlin BR, Irwin KL, Faruque S, et al. Intersecting epidemics – crack cocaine use and HIV infection among … Retrieve Document
Distributing Safer crack use Kits In Canada: Questions And …
Who use crack cocaine. The kits typically include mouthpieces, glass stems and screens, as reduce other risks of HIV transmission. Why should kits for safer crack use be … Access Doc
CONTRACT FOR
Using a case-control study design among attendees of a public STD clinic, the authors found an odds ratio of 10.2 (95% CI: 4.5-23.4) in men and 5.7 (95% CI: 2.2-14.9) in women for the association of crack cocaine use with HIV infection. … View Doc
World AIDS Day 2011
Minimizing the Impact of Crack Cocaine Use in Ottawa: Best Evidence to Date Dr. Lynne Leonard, Assistant Professor, Research Scientist, Director HIV and HCV … View Full Source
How Is Cocaine Abused?
Injecting cocaine can bring about severe allergic reactions and increased risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases. Binge-patterned cocaine use may lead to The percentage of past-year initiates also dropped significantly from 2007 to 2008 for crack use among the 12–17 age … Read Document
Cocaine
Jecting cocaine can bring about severe allergic reactions and increased risk for contracting HIV and other blood-borne diseases. Binge-patterned cocaine use Crack cocaine use, which has been steadily declining since 1990, showed a … Retrieve Content
Drug Facts: COCAINE
Acquiring or transmitting HIV/AIDS if needles or other injection equipment are shared. HEALTH HAZARDS Physical effects. Physical effects of cocaine use include constricted peripheral blood High doses of cocaine and/or prolonged use can trigger paranoia. Smoking crack cocaine can produce … Fetch Full Source
A Comparison Of HIV Seropositive And Seronegative Young Adult …
Of HIV infection among a street-recruited sample of heroin- and cocaine–using men who have sex with men (MSM). Injection (injecting ≤3 years) and non-injection drug users (heroin, crack, and/or cocaine use <10 years) between 18 and 40 years of age were … View Doc
BASIC FACTS ABOUT DRUGS: Cocaine And Crack
Paying the Price of Cocaine and Crack Use A broad range of consequences include: greater chance of developmental problems. • For intravenous (IV) cocaine users, there is increased risk of hepatitis, HIV infection, and endocarditis. … Fetch Content
Fact Sheet – Safer crack use Kits – Toronto Public Health
Distribution of glass stems, mouthpieces and screens to help prevent the transmission of HIV, HCV and other blood borne pathogens through the sharing of equipment used to smoke crack cocaine and other drugs. Who will be distributing safer crack use kits? … Access Document
Developing A Family Intervention To Reduce Substance Use And …
Developing a Family Intervention to Reduce Substance Use and HIV Risk among a Community Sample of Children and Their African-American Mothers Who Use Crack Cocaine: The Importance of Cultural Adaptations … View Full Source
Crack And Cocaine
Crack Cocaine Use by Students, 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey 8th-Graders 10th-Graders 12th-Graders use increases a user’s risk of contracting HIV and other blood-borne infections. Smoking involves inhaling cocaine … Retrieve Full Source
Hospitalized Patients Living With HIV In The Era Of HAART …
5/20/2010 6 HIV-Infected Drug Users • HIV-infected Crack cocaine smokers and other hardcore drug users were less likely to utilize HIV primary care and HAART • Strathdee et al. , 1998; JAMA,; • Celentano et al., 1998; JAMA • Knowlton et al., 2001 Drug and Alcohol Dependence • Metsch et al, 2001 … Document Retrieval
Cocaine Psychosis And AIDS: A Contemporary Diagnostic Dilemma
Ing or freebasing cocaine and/or smoking crack). able to reduce her cocaine use, outpatient treatment patient’s documented history of cocaine abuse and the extant staff ambivalence associated with HIV serum … Access This Document
Is cocaine Addictive? Crack & Yes. Clinicians Estimate That …
Dangers of using cocaine, especially the threat of addiction and overdose. Any use of cocaine or crack is users are at risk of contacting HIV, the virus that cause AIDS, and Hepatitis B and C, and liver … View Document
Project HOPE: Hospital Visit Is An Opportunity For Prevention …
Background Crack–cocaine use and HIV •Crack–cocaine users are at risk for sexual transmission of HIV. •Inner city hospitals continue to have a large number of HIV– … Document Retrieval