
Auteur C. A. LATKIN
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Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur (26)

KNOWLTON A. R. ; D. R. HOOVER ; S. CHUNG ; D. D. CELENTANO ; D. VLAHOV ; C. A. LATKIN | 2001
PériodiqueFRANÇAIS : Aux USA, un tiers des cas de Sida concerne des toxicomanes. Les trajectoires d'accès aux services de soins sont étudiées sur une population de patients usagers de drogues, séropositifs ou ayant un sida déclaré. En comparaison avec l[...]
ENGLISH : Aims : The purpose of this study was to examine individual, social and setting correlates of calling the emergency number, 911, during an overdose. Design : Cross-sectional survey. Methods : A sample of 397 current or former drug use[...]
FRANÇAIS : Un échantillon de 91 UDI séronégatifs au VIH ont été désignés aléatoirement pour suivre chacun soit une heure en tête à tête d'éducation intensive, soit une session standard d'éducation de 15 minutes. Les comportements à risque pour [...]
FRANÇAIS : Commentaire sur l'article "L'économie sociale des héroïnomanes sans abri : confronter ethnographie, risque de transmission du VIH et violence au quotidien dans les campements de "shoot" de San Francisco" de Phillippe Bourgois (N° Tox[...]
ENGLISH : As injection drug users (IDUs) continue to be infected by HIV, an important component of prevention efforts is the identification of factors that are associated with utilization of HIV testing programs. The purpose of this study was [...]
C. M. FULLER ; L. N. BORRELL ; C. A. LATKIN ; S. GALEA ; D. C. OMPAD ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; D. VLAHOV | 2005
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.95 n°4, 2005) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : OBJECTIVES: We investigated individual- and neighborhood-level factors associated with adolescent initiation of injection drug use. METHODS: Injection drug users (IDUs) who had been injecting 2 to 5 years underwent HIV testing and co[...]
ENGLISH : Needle exchange programs (NEPs) play a critical role in reducing the spread of HIV in injection drug users (IDUs). However, many IDUs do not access NEPs and rely on needle sellers. This study examined differences between needle selle[...]
ENGLISH : Peer education is a critical approach to HIV prevention. The current study evaluated 156 peer outreach educators 6 months after their 10-session training. Specifically, we examined factors associated with talking to network members a[...]
J. R. SCHROEDER ; C. A. LATKIN ; D. R. HOOVER ; CURRY A. D. ; KNOWLTON A. R. ; D. D. CELENTANO | 2001
PériodiqueENGLISH : PURPOSE: The nature of competing social environmental factors' influence on substance abuse is unclear. A longitudinal study was undertaken to determine the relative power of social network and neighborhood characteristics to predict[...]
ENGLISH : This study examines the relationship between individual-level and the certain neighborhood characteristics with drug use cessation among a sample of long-term inner-city heroin injectors in Baltimore, Maryland. The data were derived [...]
Few studies have examined sexual risk behaviors among drug users in the context of their primary sexual relationships. The aim of this study is to examine characteristics of sexual partners associated with inconsistent condom use among a sample [...]
KNOWLTON A. R. ; C. A. LATKIN ; J. R. SCHROEDER ; D. R. HOOVER ; ENSMINGER M. ; D. D. CELENTANO | 2001
PériodiqueENGLISH : Effects of changes in physical health status and drug use, and prior social support on depressive symptoms were assessed in low income injection drug users. Data are from participants (n = 503) enrolled at baseline (1994-1995) who re[...]
C. A. LATKIN ; FORMAN V. ; KNOWLTON A. ; S. SHERMAN | 2003
Dans Social Science and Medicine (Vol.56, n°3, 2003) Article : PériodiqueAltering norms may be an important approach to introducing and sustaining health protective behavior change. This study sought to examine the relationship between condom use, condom norms, and social network characteristics among a sample of eco[...]
FRANÇAIS : L'étude se base sur les théories de l'influence sociale sur le comportement individuel et montre que l'analyse des réseaux sociaux permet d'étudier aussi bien les comportements des individus que leur environnement social. L'auteur ex[...]
PHILBIN M. M. ; LOZADA R. ; M. L. ZUNIGA ; MANTSIOS A. R. ; P. CASE ; C. MAGIS-RODRIGUEZ ; C. A. LATKIN ; S. A. STRATHDEE | 2008
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.5 n°36, 2008) Article : PériodiqueBACKGROUND: The Mexico-U.S. border region is experiencing rising rates of blood-borne infections among injection drug users (IDUs), emphasizing the need for harm reduction interventions. METHODS: We assessed the religious and cultural factors af[...]