Aims To investigate childhood influences on onset of injection drug use. Design Matched
case–control study. Setting E dinburgh, S cotland. Participants A total of 432 individuals …

Examination of childhood risk factors for injection drug use may provide clues as to why
people progress to injection drug use and it can promote identification of at-risk youth. We …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether childhood sexual abuse predicts initiation of
injection drug use in a prospective cohort of youth. METHOD: From October 2005 to …

Background Street-involved youth are at high risk for experimenting with injection drug use;
however, little attention has been given to identifying the factors that predict progression to …

Issues Childhood abuse is a public health challenge with lifelong impacts, including future
drug use. However, previous research has been mixed regarding impacts on injection drug …

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 …

Aims: Efforts to prevent youth from initiating injection drug use require an understanding of
the drug use patterns that predispose to injecting. Here we identify such patterns and …

Young injectors are a group with high-risk behaviours, particularly with respect to HIV
infection and hepatitis C. A leading strategy to prevent these infections could be the …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the temporal trends of initiation into injection drug use, current
injection, and recent receptive sharing of injection paraphernalia among street youth …

This article examines individual and social factors associated with initiation of illicit drug
injection, with a focus on racial differences. Data were derived from a cross-sectional survey …