BACKGROUND:
METHODS:
RESULTS:
CONCLUSION:
Demographic characteristics (n=733)
Variable name
|
Total
|
Feared violence
|
Didn't fear violence
|
p-valuea
|
---|---|---|---|---|
(n=733)
|
(n=253, 34.5%)
|
(n=480, 65.5%)
| ||
Ageb
|
37 (31, 44)
|
36 (30, 42)
|
37 (31, 45)
|
0.08
|
Female (n, %)
|
279 (38.1%)
|
102 (40.3%)
|
177 (36.9%)
|
0.38
|
Married (n, %)
|
332 (45.3%)
|
113 (44.7%)
|
219 (45.6%)
|
0.82
|
Education
| ||||
Years of education completedb
|
8 (6,10)
|
8 (6,11)
|
8 (6,10)
|
0.15
|
Main source of income
| ||||
No income (n, %)
|
25 (3.4%)
|
8 (3.2%)
|
17 (3.5%)
|
0.82
|
Formal source of income (n, %)
|
502 (68.5%)
|
177 (70.0%)
|
325 (67.7%)
| |
Informal source of income (n, %)
|
203 (27.7%)
|
67 (26.5%)
|
136 (28.3%)
| |
Homeless (where slept most often last 6 mos)
| ||||
Homeless (n, %)
|
146 (19.9%)
|
60 (23.7%)
|
86 (17.9%)
|
0.06
|
Mobility
| ||||
Lived in Tijuana whole life (n, %)
|
278 (37.9%)
|
107 (42.3%)
|
171 (35.6%)
|
0.08
|
Years lived in Tijuana (n= 454) b
|
21 (10, 34)
|
20 (10, 34)
|
21 (10, 33)
|
0.54
|
Drug Use History
| ||||
Age of first time use of illegal drugb
|
14 (12,16)
|
14 (12,16)
|
14 (12,16)
|
0.30
|
Age of first injected drugsb
|
19 (17,24)
|
20 (17,25)
|
19 (17,24)
|
0.58
|
Ever used heroin
|
730 (99.6%)
|
252 (99.6%)
|
478 (99.6%)
|
0.99
|
Ever used cocaine
|
559 (76.3%)
|
171 (67.6%)
|
388 (80.8%)
|
<0.01
|
Ever used crystal/methamphetamine
|
647 (88.3%)
|
206 (81.4%)
|
441 (91.9%)
|
<0.01
|
Interactions with Law Enforcement
| ||||
Ever stopped by law enforcement
|
661 (90.2%)
|
220 (87.0%)
|
441 (91.9%)
|
0.04
|
Ever been told by law enforcement that you would be required to go to drug treatment
|
17 (2.3%)
|
10 (4.0%)
|
7 (1.5%)
|
0.04
|
Drug Rehabilitation History
| ||||
Great or urgent need to get help for drug use (n, %)
|
375 (51.2%)
|
144 (56.9%)
|
231 (48.1%)
|
0.02
|
Ever received professional help for drug usec
|
417 (56.9%)
|
124 (49.0%)
|
293 (61.0%)
|
0.01
|
Lifetime # of times received professional help for drug use (n=417) b
|
1 (0, 3)
|
0 (0, 3)
|
1 (0, 4)
|
0.01
|
Ever enrolled in drug rehabilitation center (n, %)
|
375 (51.2%)
|
109 (43.1%)
|
266 (55.4%)
|
0.37
|
# of times enrolled in drug rehabilitation center(n=375) b
|
1 (0, 3)
|
0 (0, 2)
|
1 (0, 3)
|
0.01
|
Full article at: http://goo.gl/vLPhjh
By: Harvey-Vera AY1,2, González-Zúñiga P3, Vargas-Ojeda AC4, Medina-Mora ME5, Magis-Rodríguez CL6, Wagner K7, Strathdee SA8, Werb D9.
- 1Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA. alvera@ucsd.edu.
- 2Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Facultad de Medicina y Psicología, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. alvera@ucsd.edu.
- 3Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA. pgonzalez@ucsd.edu.
- 4Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Facultad de Medicina y Psicología, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. caro_vargas@uabc.edu.mx.
- 5Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. mmedina@hsph.harvard.edu.
- 6Centro Nacional para la Prevención y Control del VIH/SIDA, Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. carlos.magis@gmail.com.
- 7Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA. kdwagner@ucsd.edu.
- 8Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA. sstrathdee@ucsd.edu.
- 9Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA. dwerb@ucsd.edu.
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