Table 3.
Effectiveness of exposure to drop-in center and outreach activities on safer injecting practices
| |
Never shared needles or syringes in the past 3 months |
Always kept a new needle on hand in the past 3 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Program exposure |
Pooled sample (
n
= 823) |
Matched sample (
n
= 762) |
Pooled sample (
n
= 823) |
Matched sample (
n
= 762) |
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| |
Bivariate |
Multivariate |
Bivariate |
Multivariate |
Bivariate |
Multivariate |
Bivariate |
Multivariate |
| OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Participated in DiC activities and outreach in the past 12 months |
1.37 (0.61 to 3.09) |
1.32 (0.59 to 2.99) |
1.41 (0.58 to 3.42) |
1.40 (0.57 to 3.40) |
1.50* (1.05 to 2.14) |
1.49* (1.05 to 2.14) |
1.53* (1.07 to 2.19) |
1.53* (1.07 to 2.19) |
| Participated in DiC activities only in the past 12 months |
0.80 (0.40 to 1.61) |
0.80 (0.40 to 1.62) |
0.53 (0.26 to 1.09) |
0.55 (0.27 to 1.13) |
1.01 (0.71 to 1.45) |
1.03 (0.71 to 1.47) |
1.27 (0.87 to 1.83) |
1.28 (0.88 to 1.85) |
| Participated in outreach only in the past 12 months | 0.53 (0.22 to 1.33) | 0.56 (0.22 to 1.39) | 0.48 (0.19 to 1.23) | 0.53 (0.21 to 1.37) | 1.07 (0.62 to 1.85) | 1.08 (0.62 to 1.88) | 1.03 (0.59 to 1.79) | 1.06 (0.61 to 1.86) |
*Significant at p < 0.05. Age, gender, respondents' working hours, resident city, and ever use of MMT were matched for the CEM model. Covariates were ethnicity and education in the separated logistic regression models but not reported here.