Childhood sexual abuse and age at initiation of injection drug use.
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| Title: | Childhood sexual abuse and age at initiation of injection drug use. |
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| Authors: | Ompad DC (AUTHOR), Ikeda RM (AUTHOR), Shah N (AUTHOR), Fuller CM (AUTHOR), Bailey S (AUTHOR), Morse E (AUTHOR), Kerndt P (AUTHOR), Maslow C (AUTHOR), Wu Y (AUTHOR), Vlahov D (AUTHOR), Garfein R (AUTHOR), Strathdee SA (AUTHOR), Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study II (CORPORATE AUTHOR) |
| Source: | American Journal of Public Health. Apr2005, Vol. 95 Issue 4, p703-709. 7p. |
| Subjects: | Child sexual abuse, Age factors in juvenile delinquency, Drug abuse, Intravenous drug abuse, Social adjustment, Social factors |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: We examined the relation between childhood sexual abuse and injection drug use initiation among young adult injection drug users. METHODS: We used mixed effect linear models to compare age at first injection among 2143 young injection drug users by first sexual abuse age categories. RESULTS: The participants were predominantly male (63.3%) and White (52.8%). Mean age and age at first injection were 23.7 and 19.6 years, respectively; 307 participants (14.3%) reported childhood sexual abuse. After adjustment for gender, race/ethnicity, noninjection drug use before first injection drug use, and recruitment site, childhood sexual abuse was independently associated with younger age at first injection. CONCLUSIONS: Childhood sexual abuse was associated with earlier initiation of injection drug use. These data emphasize the need to integrate substance abuse prevention with postvictimization services for children and adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: We examined the relation between childhood sexual abuse and injection drug use initiation among young adult injection drug users. METHODS: We used mixed effect linear models to compare age at first injection among 2143 young injection drug users by first sexual abuse age categories. RESULTS: The participants were predominantly male (63.3%) and White (52.8%). Mean age and age at first injection were 23.7 and 19.6 years, respectively; 307 participants (14.3%) reported childhood sexual abuse. After adjustment for gender, race/ethnicity, noninjection drug use before first injection drug use, and recruitment site, childhood sexual abuse was independently associated with younger age at first injection. CONCLUSIONS: Childhood sexual abuse was associated with earlier initiation of injection drug use. These data emphasize the need to integrate substance abuse prevention with postvictimization services for children and adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00900036 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2003.019372 |
