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Demystifying the injection drug user: willingness to participate in traditional drug treatment services among participants in a needle exchange program
(Démystifier l'usager intraveineux : la volonté de suivre un traitement traditionnel chez des participants à un programme d'échange de seringues)
Auteur(s) :
MACMASTER S. A. ;
VAIL K. A.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
289-294
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
39
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
USAGER
;
VOIE INTRAVEINEUSE
;
INJECTION
;
ECHANGE DE SERINGUES
;
PROGRAMME
;
MOTIVATION
;
TRAITEMENT
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2002, 34, (3), 289-294
Note de contenu :
fig.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Injection drug users have been vilified in our culture as being wild-eyed and willing to do anything for the next hit. These individuals are typically seen as being unemployed, uneducated and completely disinterested in making any changes in their lives. Sixty-one participants in a syringe exchange program in Cleveland, Ohio were interviewed using the NlDA Risk Behavior Assessment. Fifty (81 %) of the respondents were either in an abstinence-based program or reported a willingness to participate in such a program. Importantly, although the sample consisted of long-term daily users of injection drugs (m=19.95 years), the majority of the sample was employed (69%) and were high school graduates (51%). The results of this study suggest that injection drug users are willing to make changes in their use-related behaviors, involvement in a needle exchange program does not preclude involvement in abstinence-based programming, and needle exchange services may serve as an important component in a continuum of care when coupled with traditional abstinence-based services. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Coll. Soc. W., Univ. Tennessee, 193 E Polk Ave., Nashville, TN 37210
smacmastutk.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
smacmastutk.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.