Table 1 Demographic, behavioural, and risk environment characteristics disaggregated by willingness to use an SIS in Ottawaa
From: Risk environments facing potential users of a supervised injection site in Ottawa, Canada
| Â | Intention to use an SIS in Ottawa; no. (and %) of participantsb | |
|---|---|---|
Characteristicc | Yes | No |
n = 205 | n = 67 | |
Demographics, drug use, health | Â | Â |
 Age (median) | 42.0 | 44.0 |
 Female | 52 (25.4) | 10 (14.9) |
 French-speaking | 30 (14.6) | 11 (16.4) |
 Aboriginal identity | 39 (19.0) | 8 (11.9) |
 Market/Lowertown residence | 99 (48.3) | 35 (52.2) |
 LGBTQ identity | 29 (14.1) | 2 (3.0) |
 Injected crack cocaine | 114 (55.6) | 17 (25.4) |
 Injected speedball | 63 (30.7) | 8 (11.9) |
 Injected fentanyl | 79 (38.5) | 11 (16.4) |
 Injected heroin | 93 (45.4) | 15 (22.4) |
 Injected dilaudid | 133 (64.9) | 29 (43.3) |
 Injected morphine | 148 (72.2) | 36 (53.7) |
 Injected cocaine | 143 (69.8) | 35 (52.2) |
 Injected opiates a few times a week or more | 94 (45.9) | 20 (29.9) |
 Overdosed | 66 (32.2) | 13 (19.4) |
 Ever tested HIV positive | 26 (12.7) | 6 (9.0) |
 Last hep C test positive | 129 (62.9) | 32 (47.8) |
 Mental health diagnosis (ever) | 152 (74.1) | 52 (77.6) |
 Attempted suicide | 17 (8.3) | 4 (6.0) |
 Would use SIS daily | 103 (50.2) | NA |
Physical risk environment | Â | Â |
 Injects in public | 81 (39.5) | 17 (25.4) |
 Used unknown needle | 34 (16.6) | 7 (10.4) |
 Injected with used needle | 50 (24.4) | 10 (14.9) |
 Injects with other people | 176 (85.9) | 44 (65.7) |
 Assistance to inject | 81 (39.5) | 18 (26.9) |
Social risk environment | Â | Â |
 Ever redzonedd | 102 (49.8) | 20 (29.9) |
 Stopped/searched by police | 151 (73.7) | 45 (67.2) |
 Kept overnight or longer in jail | 97 (47.3) | 32 (47.8) |
Policy risk environment | Â | Â |
 Trouble accessing new needles | 39 (19.0) | 6 (9.0) |
 Access addiction treatment | 80 (39.0) | 26 (38.8) |
 Have regular doctor | 113 (55.1) | 33 (49.3) |
 Sought care in hospital/ER | 89 (43.4) | 27 (40.3) |
 Tested for HIV (ever) | 188 (91.7) | 57 (85.1) |
Economic risk environment | Â | Â |
 Received drugs, $, gifts for sex | 38 (18.5) | 6 (9.0) |
 Sex work primary source of income | 13 (6.3) | 4 (6.0) |
 Unstably housed | 123 (60.0) | 32 (15.6) |
 Homeless past 12 months | 164 (80.0) | 47 (22.9) |