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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Program exposure | Pooled sample (n = 823) | Matched sample (n = 762) | Pooled sample (n = 823) | Matched sample (n = 762) | ||||
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) |