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Social support among HIV positive injection drug users: implications to integrated intervention for HIV positives
(Le soutien social des usagers de drogues par injection, séropositifs au VIH : les implications pour les interventions auprès des usagers séropositifs.)
Auteur(s) :
KNOWLTON A. ;
HUA W. ;
LATKIN, C.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
357-363
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
33
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIH
;
RESEAUX SOCIAUX
;
INJECTION
;
AIDE SOCIALE
;
ACCOMPAGNEMENT
;
FAMILLE
;
PAIR
;
FACTEUR DE PROTECTION
Note générale :
AIDS and Behavior, 2004, 8, (4), 357-363
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The study compared social support networks of HIV seropositive versus seronegative injection drug users (IDUs). Participants were 635 low income African Americans; 47% were HIV seropositive (of whom 17% had AIDS), 45% female, and 45% current drug users. A social network methodology elicited structural, functional, and relational network components. After controlling for confounders, HIV seropositive compared with HIV seronegative IDUs had larger support networks, including more females, kin and sources of instrumental assistance, and marginally more sources of emotional support, though they were less likely to have a sex partner. There was no difference between HIV status and number of active drug users in support networks. Results suggest that HIV seropositive IDUs had mobilized a range of network support but that they also relied on drug using social influences. Findings may have implications to the development of integrated HIV prevention and care intervention that builds on HIV seropositives' natural support structures. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dept Health Policy and Management, Fac. Social and Behavioral Sci., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21205. E-mail: aknowltojhsph.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.