Journal article
Incidence and risk factors for non-fatal overdose among a cohort of recently incarcerated illicit drug users
SA Kinner, MJ Milloy, E Wood, J Qi, R Zhang, T Kerr
Addictive Behaviors | Published : 2012
Abstract
Background: Release from prison is associated with a markedly increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal drug overdose, yet the risk factors for overdose in recently released prisoners are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to identify risk and protective factors for non-fatal overdose (NFOD) among a cohort of illicit drug users in Vancouver, Canada, according to recent incarceration. Methods: Prospective cohort of 2515 community-recruited illicit drug users in Vancouver, Canada, followed from 1996 to 2010. We examined factors associated with NFOD in the past six months separately among those who did and did not also report incarceration in the last six months. Results: One third o..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study was supported by the US National Institutes of Health (R01DA011591/R01DA021525) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (RAA-79918/MOP-79297). Stuart Kinner is supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (1004765/569897). Thomas Kerr is supported by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. M-J Milloy is supported by a doctoral research award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Funding sources had no involvement in study design; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the manuscript or submission of the manuscript.