Validity of self-reported drug use among injection drug users and crack cocaine users recruited through street outreach

Weatherby, Norman L.; Needle, Richard; Cesari, Helen; Booth, Robert E.; McCoy, Clyde B.; Watters, John K.; Williams, Mark L.; Chitwood, Dale D.

doi:10.1016/0149-7189(94)90035-3

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“…We invested considerable efforts at developing a comparable interview protocol for the two cohorts, and previous studies of self-reports of street-recruited IDUs suggest that the self-reports are reasonably valid and reliable. 50,51 Nevertheless, the presence of selection, recall, or social desirability biases in the data cannot be ruled out. The mortality status of both cohorts was acquired from the same source, NDI, and we had several conversations with officials of the NDI to confirm that states followed similar reporting procedures and schedules.…”

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A Comparative Study of Mortality Among Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users in East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Colón¹,

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Robles³

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J Urban Health

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A Comparative Study of Mortality Among Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users in East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Colón¹,

Deren

Robles³

et al. 2006

J Urban Health

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“…27 However, multicenter research on injection drug users has shown that self-report is very reliable among drug users not recruited in clinical settings. [28][29][30] Other studies 31,32 and our own [33][34][35] have found substantial operational and contextual differences among SEPs and the communities in which they operate. In California, there are potentially many important differences in both SEP characteristics and community context, and we continue to compile data that will permit in-depth analyses of these factors and HIV risk and secondary exchange.…”

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Sexual Relationships, Secondary Syringe Exchange, and Gender Differences in HIV Risk Among Drug Injectors

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Kral

Anderson

et al. 2004

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“…Second, the self-reported data may be affected by response bias including socially desirable responding. However, previous research has shown that reported behaviours by people who use drugs were generally truthful and reliable [47,48]. Third, although we restricted our sample to those residing the VPD jurisdiction, there is a possibility that some participants worked outside of the VPD jurisdiction where traditional law enforcement activities that targeted sex workers were taking place.…”

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Criminalizing Sex Work Clients and Rushed Negotiations among Sex Workers Who Use Drugs in a Canadian Setting

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Previous research indicates that criminalization of sex work is associated with harms among sex workers. In 2013, the Vancouver Police Department changed their sex work policy to no longer target sex workers while continuing to target clients and third parties in an effort to increase safety of sex workers (similar to "end-demand sex work" approaches being adopted in a number of countries globally). We sought to investigate the trends and correlates of rushing negotiations with clients due to police presence among 359 sex workers who use drugs in Vancouver before and after the guideline change. Data were derived from three prospective cohort studies of people who use drugs in Vancouver between 2008 and 2014. We used sex-stratified multivariable generalized estimating equation models. The crude percentages of sex workers who use drugs reporting rushing client negotiations changed from 8.9% before the guideline change to 14.8% after the guideline change among 259 women, and from 8.6% to 7.1% among 100 men. In multivariable analyses, there was a significant increase in reports of rushing client negotiation after the guideline change among women (p=0.04). Other variables that were independently associated with increased odds of rushing client negotiation included: experiencing client-perpetrated violence (among both men and women) and non-heterosexual orientation (among women) (all p<0.05). These findings indicate that despite the policing guideline change, rushed client negotiation due to police presence appeared to have increased among our sample of female sex workers who use drugs. It was also associated with client-perpetrated violence and other marker of vulnerability. These findings lend further evidence that criminalizing the purchase of sexual services does not protect the health and safety of sex workers.Word Count: 273

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Validity of self-reported drug use among injection drug users and crack cocaine users recruited through street outreach

Cited by 424 publications

References 9 publications

A Comparative Study of Mortality Among Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users in East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico

A Comparative Study of Mortality Among Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users in East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Sexual Relationships, Secondary Syringe Exchange, and Gender Differences in HIV Risk Among Drug Injectors

Criminalizing Sex Work Clients and Rushed Negotiations among Sex Workers Who Use Drugs in a Canadian Setting

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