Historique
Périodique
Shooting gallery users and HIV risk
(Les usagers de shooting gallery et le risque VIH)
Auteur(s) :
KLEIN, H. ;
LEVY, J. A.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
751-767
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
26
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
USAGER
;
INJECTION
;
STRUCTURE DE PROXIMITE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
VIH
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
MILIEU URBAIN
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2003, 33, 751-767
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Recognizing that HIV transmission occurs within situated interactions between two or more people, prevention research has increasingly begun to focus on identifying the influence of situations and settings on the spread of HIV. Examination of the social geography of risk has emerged as a powerful tool for understanding where and among whom risky practices occur. In this regard, shooting galleries represent interactional territories where the normative expectations of participation within their spatial boundaries can both encourage and reinforce sex- and drug-related risky behavior. Indeed, research shows that those who inject in shooting galleries tend to be at a higher risk of transmitting HIV than those who inject elsewhere. Drawing upon data from a sample of 1,113 active injecting drug users, we examined the demographic and psychosocial factors that predict shooting gallery use. Next, we compared shooting gallery users with nonusers in terms of drug use, followed by an examination of differences in sex- and drug-related HIV risk behaviors. Then, we explored preventive practices that possibly differentiate those who use shooting galleries from those who do not. We end our analysis by discussing the implications of our results for HIV prevention and social policy. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Rollins Sch. Publ. Hlth, Emory Univ.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.