TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary preventive health care among injection drug users, other sustained drug users, and non-users
AU - Chitwood, Dale D.
AU - Sanchez, Jesus
AU - Comerford, Mary
AU - McCoy, Clyde B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIDA Grant I P50 DA10236.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The primary objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between sustained illicit drug use and the utilization of primary preventive health care. Data from 1254 African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and non-Hispanic/Latino white men and women collected in 1996-1997 were analyzed to determine independent risk factors for the utilization of primary preventive health care that was not received as a result of seeking treatment for a specific health condition. When several demographic, health, and drug use variables were assessed in a logistic regression model, gender, ethnicity, health insurance status, drug use, and alcohol use were independently associated with primary preventive care. Women, Hispanic/Latinos, and persons who had health insurance were more likely to have received primary preventive health care while injection drug users, other sustained drug users, and "heavy" alcohol users were less likely to have used primary preventive health care services in the past year.
AB - The primary objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between sustained illicit drug use and the utilization of primary preventive health care. Data from 1254 African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and non-Hispanic/Latino white men and women collected in 1996-1997 were analyzed to determine independent risk factors for the utilization of primary preventive health care that was not received as a result of seeking treatment for a specific health condition. When several demographic, health, and drug use variables were assessed in a logistic regression model, gender, ethnicity, health insurance status, drug use, and alcohol use were independently associated with primary preventive care. Women, Hispanic/Latinos, and persons who had health insurance were more likely to have received primary preventive health care while injection drug users, other sustained drug users, and "heavy" alcohol users were less likely to have used primary preventive health care services in the past year.
KW - Health care
KW - Injection drug users
KW - Preventive health care
KW - Substance misuse
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U2 - 10.1081/JA-100104092
DO - 10.1081/JA-100104092
M3 - Article
C2 - 11697612
AN - SCOPUS:0034946835
VL - 36
SP - 807
EP - 823
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
SN - 1082-6084
IS - 6-7
ER -