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Article de Périodique
Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness and incarceration (2002)
Auteur(s) :
GALEA, S. ;
VLAHOV, D.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
S135-S145
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
144
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL
;
PRISON
;
SANS ABRI
;
CONSOMMATION
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
ACCES AUX SOINS
;
PAUVRETE
;
ETHNIE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
SANTE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE ANALYTIQUE
Résumé :
OBJECTIVES: This article reviews the evidence on the adverse health consequences of low socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration among drug users.
OBSERVATIONS: Social and economic factors shape risk behavior and the health of drug users. They affect health indirectly by shaping individual drug-use behavior; they affect health directly by affecting the availability of resources, access to social welfare systems, marginalization, and compliance with medication. Minority groups experience a disproportionately high level of the social factors that adversely affect health, factors that contribute to disparities in health among drug users.
CONCLUSION: Public health interventions aimed at improving the health of drug users must address the social factors that accompany and exacerbate the health consequences of illicit drug use.
OBSERVATIONS: Social and economic factors shape risk behavior and the health of drug users. They affect health indirectly by shaping individual drug-use behavior; they affect health directly by affecting the availability of resources, access to social welfare systems, marginalization, and compliance with medication. Minority groups experience a disproportionately high level of the social factors that adversely affect health, factors that contribute to disparities in health among drug users.
CONCLUSION: Public health interventions aimed at improving the health of drug users must address the social factors that accompany and exacerbate the health consequences of illicit drug use.
Affiliation :
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA