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Article de Périodique
HIV risk networks and HIV transmission among injecting drug users (2001)
(Foyers de risque d'infection au VIH et transmission du virus chez les usagers de drogue par voie intraveineuse)
Auteur(s) :
NEAIGUS, A. ;
FRIEDMAN, S. R. ;
KOTTIRI, B. J. ;
DES JARLAIS, D. C.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
221-226
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
26
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIH
;
INJECTION
;
POPULATION A RISQUE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
ENQUETE
;
SOCIAL
Note générale :
Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001, 24, (2), 221-226
Résumé :
The objective of this study was to demonstrate how injecting drug users (IDUs) HIV risk networks affect their risk for infection with HIV and influence their HIV risk behaviors. Concepts utilized in a network approach were specified. These concepts included: (1) the distinction between risk networks (the people with or among whom IDUsor others at risk of infection with HIVengage in HIV risk behaviors) and social influence networks (the people who shape each others behavior), (2) the extent to which risk networks and social influence networks overlap, and (3) three levels of network analysis, i.e. the dyad, personal networks, and sociometric networks. The role of IDUs risk networks in the transmission of HIV and their influence on promoting and preventing HIV risk behaviors were illustrated by reviewing studies of IDUs in New York City as well as other locations. Conclusions indicate that the network approach is a developing area in research on the relationship between injecting drug use and HIV risk. This approach provides a basis for deepening our understanding of this relationship, and could increase our ability to prevent the further spread of HIV among IDUs as well as their sex partners. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., 2 World Trade Center, 16th Floor, New York City, NY 10048, USA
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A03020