Historique
Périodique
Values and identity : the meaning of work for injection drug users involved in volunteer HIV prevention outreach
(Valeurs et identité : le sens du travail pour des usagers de drogue par voie injectable impliqués bénévolement dans la prévention du VIH)
Auteur(s) :
DICKSON GOMEZ, J. B. ;
KNOWLTON A. ;
LATKIN, C.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
1259-1286
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
52
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (8), 1259-1286
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Most HIV behavioral interventions provide participants with preventive information emphasizing how not to behave, and have neglected to provide attractive and feasible alternatives to risky behavior. Interventions that emphasize cultural strengths may have more powerful effects and may help remove the stigma of HIV, which has hampered prevention efforts among African American communities. Starting in 1997, the SHIELD (Self-Help in Eliminating Life-Threatening Diseases) intervention trained injection drug users (N = 250) to conduct risk reduction outreach education among their peers. Many participants saw their outreach as work, which gave them a sense of meaning and purpose and motivated them to make other positive changes in their lives. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
The institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100, Hartford, CT 06106-5128. E-mail : julia.dicksonicrweb.org
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.