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dc.contributor.authorDelva, Jorgees_ES
dc.contributor.authorFurr, Carolyn D. Mes_ES
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, James Ces_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-25T14:53:40Z
dc.date.available2015-08-25T14:53:40Z
dc.date.issued1998es_ES
dc.identifier.citationDelva, Jorge,Furr, Carolyn D. M,Anthony, James C (1998) Personal characteristics associated with injecting drug use among Latinas in the United States of America. Rev Panam Salud Publica;4(5) 341-345,nov. 1998. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998001100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998001100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8546
dc.format.extenttabes_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;4(5),nov. 1998es_ES
dc.subjectAbuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosapt_BR
dc.subjectMulhereses_ES
dc.subjectHispano-Americanoses_ES
dc.subjectEstados Unidoses_ES
dc.titlePersonal characteristics associated with injecting drug use among Latinas in the United States of Americaen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesThis study examines nonmedical injecting drug use (IDU) among Latinas aged 12 years and older in a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. Data from the 1990-1995 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse disclosed 154 Latinas with self-reported histories of IDU out of 18.335 Latinas who responded. Hypotheses about correlates of IDU were tested by using the conditional form of multiple logistic regression to compare the characterirstics of these IDUs with those of 602 noninjecting Latinas matched on neighborhood of residence. In the USA, an estimated 1 por cien of Latinas age 12 years and older have injected drugs for non-medical purposes on at least one occasion. IDU was 4.6 to 6.5 times greater for adult Latinas (18-44 years old) when compared to Latinas aged either 12 through 17 years (P 0.05) or older than 44 years. IDU was an estimated 7.1 times greater for Latinas who reported marijuana use and 5.4 times greater for Latinas who reported inhalant use when compared to Latinas not using these drugs (P 0.01). In light of recent studies indicating that IDU is a serious public health problem for Latinas in the United States, the observed associations represent first steps in an effort to understand the Latina subgroups most affected by IDU and the underlying risk factors or causes of this behavioren_US


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