Understanding Gender Differences in Injecting‐Related Harms Among an Australian Sample of People Who Inject Drugs
Despite no statistically significant interaction between gender and reuse or injecting frequency, our study demonstrates a gender difference in exposure to risk factors associated with SSTIs and venous disease. Interventions to reduce SSTI and venous disease, particularly those deemed safe and appropriate by women, are needed.
Authors
- Rachel Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-1751)
- Raimondo Bruno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-833X)
- Samantha Colledge‐Frisby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3571-0136)
- Amanda Roxburgh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8609-0075)
- Lucy Thi Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-1596)
- Sarah Larney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5602-4963)
- Daisy Gibbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-8190)
Institutions
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.70067
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Indivior
- Seqirus
- National Health and Medical Research Council