Community-Based Services for Hospitalized Patients With Serious Injection-Related Infections in Alabama: A Brief Report

Kelly W Gagnon; William Bradford; John Bassler; Ariann Nassel; Emma Sophia Kay; Madison Jeziorski; Myles Prados; Brandi McCleskey; James Kobie; Ellen Eaton

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae231

Community-Based Services for Hospitalized Patients With Serious Injection-Related Infections in Alabama: A Brief Report

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 24;11(5):ofae231. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae231. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
² Center for AIDS Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
³ Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
⁴ Department of Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Abstract

Injection-related infections continue to rise, particularly in the South. People who inject drugs are increasingly utilizing hospital services for serious injection-related infections but may be discharged to areas without harm reduction services. We explored the availability and travel time to services for HIV and substance use in Alabama.

Keywords: PrEP; US South; geographic disparities; harm reduction; injection drug use.

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