title: Predictors of injection drug use cessation among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico.
abstract: More than half of all AIDS cases among Puerto Ricans have been attributed to injection drug use. Predictors of injection drug use cessation were examined among Puerto Rican injection drug users (IDUs) in New York and Puerto Rico. Analysis of baseline and 6-month follow-up data from 670 IDUs in NY and 316 in PR showed that 47% NY and 20% in PR reported cessation of injection at follow-up (p < .001). In multivariate analyses, having been in drug treatment since baseline was the only significant predictor of cessation for both sites (NY: AOR = 1.80; PR: AOR = 3.10). Increasing availability of methadone maintenance treatment, especially in PR, was indicated.
authors.affiliation: Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., New York, New York, USA. deren@ndri.org
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deren
authors.forename: Sung-Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hector M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Colón
authors.forename: Rafaela R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Robles
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009519:New York City; D011379:Prognosis; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000534:rehabilitation*