%0 Journal Article
%T Evoluci¨®n del consumo de drogas por inmigrantes entre los a£¿os 2004 y 2008
%A Tordable Merino
%A Isidro
%A S¨¢nchez S¨¢nchez
%A Ana
%A Santos Sanz
%A Sara
%A Garc¨ªa Vicario
%A Ma Isabel
%A Redondo Mart¨ªn
%A Susana
%J Gaceta Sanitaria
%D 2010
%I Ediciones Doyma, S.L.
%R 10.1590/S0213-91112010000300004
%X objective: to determine the sociodemographic and drug use profile of immigrants attended in castile-leon (spain). methods: we performed a retrospective descriptive study comparing sociodemographic profiles and drug use variables through pearson's chi-square test. results: a total of 80.8% of drug users were men, with a mean age 33.8 years (sd: 9.0); 72.3% were from latin america, portugal and eastern europe and 51.6% had lived for 5 years or less in spain. the main drug used was heroine (43.8%), via smoking (43.5%); most drug users started using in the country of origin (64.3%). comparisons between 2008 and 2004 showed the following significant differences: for men: mean age (33.8 vs 30.9); length of main drug use:>21 years (19.2% vs 8.3%); for women: main drug use: heroin plus cocaine (25.6% vs 3.6%); length of main drug use: 16-20 years (27.9% vs 4.0%). conclusions: the pattern of drug use differed by country of origin. the most commonly used drug was heroin, and injection was a frequent route of administration. we identified a need to strengthen harm-reduction interventions in this collective, enhance surveillance and adapt health services.
%K immigrants
%K drug-related problems
%K drug use
%K outpatient treatment
%K epidemiological profile.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0213-91112010000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en