Historique
Périodique
Social network correlates of self-reported non-fatal overdose
(Corrélations entre les réseaux sociaux et les overdoses non mortelles autorapportées)
Auteur(s) :
LATKIN, C. A. ;
HUA W. ;
TOBIN, K.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
61-67
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
26
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
USAGER
;
INJECTION
;
SURDOSE
;
PAIR
;
MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL
;
FACTEUR DE PROTECTION
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2004, 73, (1), 61-67
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The leading cause of death among heroin users is drug overdose. The present study examined the relationship between history of self-reported drug overdoses and social network characteristics among cocaine and opiate users. Data were from cross-sectional surveys administered from March 2001 through February 2003 as part of follow-up of an experimental network oriented HIV prevention intervention. A total of 838 participants with histories of cocaine and opiate use completed the survey. Several social network variables were found to be significantly associated with drug overdose in the prior 2 years, including larger number of network members who were injection drug users and a larger number of conflictual ties among the network members. Even after controlling for age, gender, frequency of injection drug and alcohol use, and health status, network variables continued to have a strong association with history of recent overdose. These data suggest that large drug networks should be targeted for drug overdose prevention interventions. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Div. Soc. Behav. Sci., Dept. Health Policy Management., J. Hopkins Bloomberg Sch. Pub. Hlth, Baltimore, MD 2120
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.