The hepatitis C virus (HCV) virus epidemic is ongoing in the United States and globally.
Incidence rates remain high, especially in young adult injection drug users. New outbreaks …

OBJECTIVES: To examine gender differences in drug injection equipment sharing at
injecting initiation. METHODS: Young injecting drug users (IDUs) in New York City February …

Preventing the transition to injection drug use is an important public health goal, as people
who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for overdose and acquisition of infectious disease …

This paper explores differences between women's and men's first experience of injecting in
relation to socio‐demographic context, drug use, and the role of others. We collected cross …

In the West, most hepatitis C transmission occurs through the sharing of equipment used for
injecting drugs, and most sharing occurs between sexual partners. Despite this, little is …

BACKGROUND: The influence of family members, peers and sexual partners on initiation to
injection drug use is well established. Furthermore, research on gender differences in …

Background It is increasingly recognized that the risk for HIV and hepatitis C (HCV)
transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID), such as syringe sharing, occurs in the …

Injection drug use is especially risky for new injectors. To understand the social and
environmental contexts in which risks occur, we interviewed individuals who had initiated …

Background Research has demonstrated that there can be substantial gender differences in
circumstances surrounding initiation of injection drug use; however, little is known about the …

This paper examines young women's initiation to heroin use in the context of an intimate
relationship based on data from a small-scale ethno-epidemiology of heroin use in Ireland …