Predictors and Prevention of Nonfatal Overdose Among Street-Recruited Injection Heroin Users in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998–1999

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ID11028516
AuthorsKaren H Seal (0000-0002-6676-9117, Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Lisa D. Moore is also with the Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Ricky N. Bluthenthal is with the Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, RAND, and the Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, Calif.), Alex H Kral (0000-0002-9092-3671, Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Lisa D. Moore is also with the Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Ricky N. Bluthenthal is with the Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, RAND, and the Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, Calif.), Lauren Gee (Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Lisa D. Moore is also with the Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Ricky N. Bluthenthal is with the Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, RAND, and the Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, Calif.), Lisa Moore (Health Services Research & Development), Lisa D Moore (Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Lisa D. Moore is also with the Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Ricky N. Bluthenthal is with the Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, RAND, and the Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, Calif.), Ricky N Bluthenthal (0000-0003-3491-1702, Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Lisa D. Moore is also with the Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Ricky N. Bluthenthal is with the Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, RAND, and the Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, Calif.), Jennifer Lorvick (0000-0002-2836-3028, Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Lisa D. Moore is also with the Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Ricky N. Bluthenthal is with the Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, RAND, and the Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, Calif.), Brian R Edlin (0000-0001-8172-8797, Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Lisa D. Moore is also with the Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Ricky N. Bluthenthal is with the Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, RAND, and the Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Year2001
Volume91
Issue11
Pages1842-1846
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.91.11.1842
PMID11684613
OpenAlexW2131952463
LanguageEN
Citations received39
References cited31

Objectives. This study sought to determine prevalence of and risk factors for nonfatal recent overdose among street-recruited injection heroin users. Methods. From August 1998 through July 1999, 1427 heroin injectors were recruited from 6 inner-city neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area, Calif, and interviewed. Factors hypothesized to be associated with recent overdose were analyzed with logistic regression. Results. Of the 1427 participants, 684 (48%) had had an overdose, 466 (33%) had experienced 2 or more overdose events, and 182 (13%) had had a recent overdose. In multiple logistic regression, being younger (adjusted odds ratio [OR] for each year of increasing age = 0.95; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.94, 0.97), having been arrested 3 or more times in the past year (adjusted OR = 2.50; 95% CI = 1.61, 3.87), drinking 4 or more alcoholic drinks per day (adjusted OR = 2.05; 95% CI = 1.37, 3.05), and having participated in methadone detoxification during the past year (adjusted OR = 1.47; 95% CI = 1.03, 2.09) were independently associated with recent overdose. Being homeless; identifying as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender; having spent 5 or more years in prison or jail; and having engaged in sex work also were associated with recent overdose. Conclusions. Targeted interventions that decrease risk for overdose are urgently needed

Confidence interval · Drug · Drug overdose · Environmental health · Heroin · Logistic regression · Odds ratio · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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