Table 2 Participants’ injecting drug practices
Injecting practices | Kampala | Mbale |
|---|---|---|
Freq (%) | Freq (%) | |
Age first injected | ||
 10–17 | 13 (13.7) | 6 (20.0) |
 18–24 | 63 (66.3) | 20 (66.7) |
 25+ | 19 (20.0) | 4 (13.3) |
Type of drug injected in the past 4 weeks | ||
 Brown heroin | 33 (34.7) | 23 (76.7) |
 White heroin | 33 (34.7) | 5 (16.7) |
 Cocaine | 19 (20.0) | 1 (3.3) |
 Morphine | 3 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) |
 Pethidine | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.7) |
 Antiretroviral medications + diazepam | 2 (2.1) | 2 (6.7) |
 Other | 5 (5.3) | 3 (10.0) |
Number of times a needle was used before disposal | ||
 1 | 28 (29.5) | 10 (33.3) |
 2–4 | 41 (43.2) | 15 (50.0) |
 5–9 | 12 (12.6) | 1 (3.3) |
 10+ | 13 (13.7) | 1 (3.3) |
 Do not know/do not remember | 1 (1.1) | 3 (10.0) |
Number of times a syringe was used before disposal | ||
 1 | 27 (28.4) | 6 (20.0) |
 2–4 | 36 (37.9) | 12 (40.0) |
 5–9 | 10 (10.5) | 7 (23.3) |
 10+ | 20 (21.1) | 2 (6.7) |
 Do not know/do not remember | 2 (2.1) | 3 (10.0) |
Sharing practices | ||
 Injected using needles/syringes used by someone else | 57 (60) | 15 (50) |
 Injected using a syringe after someone has squirted into it from their syringe (frontloading/backloading/splitting) | 59 (62.1) | 13 (43.3) |
 Used a filter or cotton into which someone else had previously used to draw up drugs with their needle/syringe | 43 (45.3) | 4 (13.3) |
 Drew up drug solution into syringe from a mixing container (spoon or glass) from which someone else had previously drawn up | 64 (67.4) | 15 (50) |