title: Childhood trauma and injection drug use among high-risk youth.
abstract: We examined the association between five types of childhood maltreatment and initiation of injection drug use among a cohort of high-risk youth in Vancouver, Canada. Among 560 participants, 230 (41.1%) had injected drugs previously. In multivariate logistic analyses, only physical abuse (adjusted odds ratio = 1.91, 95% confidence interval: 1.29-2.83) was associated with injection drug use. These findings highlight the impact of childhood physical abuse on subsequent initiation into injection drug use among high-risk youth.
authors.affiliation: British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, BC, Canada. uhri-tk@cfenet.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Jo-Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stoltz
authors.forename: Brandon D L
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Calvin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Steffanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Strathdee
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001955:British Columbia; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D018453:Homeless Youth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D014947:Wounds and Injuries; D055815:Young Adult
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