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Auteur C. A. LATKIN |
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KNOWLTON A. R. ; D. R. HOOVER ; S. CHUNG ; D. D. CELENTANO ; D. VLAHOV ; C. A. LATKIN | 2001FRANÇAIS : 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[...]Périodique
K. E. TOBIN ; M. A. DAVEY ; C. A. LATKIN | 2005ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
MANDELL W. ; D. VLAHOV ; C. A. LATKIN ; CARRAN D. ; OZIEMKOWSKA M.J. ; REEDT L. | 1994FRANÇAIS : 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 [...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN | 1998FRANÇAIS : 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[...]Périodique
K. E. TOBIN ; A. M. TANG ; S. H. GILBERT ; C. A. LATKIN | 2004ENGLISH : 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 [...]Article : Périodique
C. M. FULLER ; L. N. BORRELL ; C. A. LATKIN ; S. GALEA ; D. C. OMPAD ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; D. VLAHOV |ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN ; HUA W. ; M. A. DAVEY | 2005ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN ; HUA W. ; M. A. DAVEY | 2004ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
J. R. SCHROEDER ; C. A. LATKIN ; D. R. HOOVER ; CURRY A. D. ; KNOWLTON A. R. ; D. D. CELENTANO | 2001ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
S. G. SHERMAN ; HUA W. ; C. A. LATKIN | 2004ENGLISH : 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 [...]Périodique
S. G. SHERMAN ; C. A. LATKIN | 2001Few 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 [...]Périodique
KNOWLTON A. R. ; C. A. LATKIN ; J. R. SCHROEDER ; D. R. HOOVER ; ENSMINGER M. ; D. D. CELENTANO | 2001ENGLISH : 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[...]Article : Périodique
C. A. LATKIN ; FORMAN V. ; KNOWLTON A. ; S. SHERMAN |Altering 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[...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN | 1995FRANÇAIS : 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[...]Article : Périodique
PHILBIN M. M. ; LOZADA R. ; M. L. ZUNIGA ; MANTSIOS A. R. ; P. CASE ; C. MAGIS-RODRIGUEZ ; C. A. LATKIN ; S. A. STRATHDEE |BACKGROUND: 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[...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN ; MANDELL W. ; D. VLAHOV ; KNOWLTON A.R. ; OZIEMKOWSKA M. ; D. D. CELENTANO | 1995Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Respondent driven sampling (RDS) and incentivized snowball sampling (ISS) are two sampling methods that are commonly used to reach people who inject drugs (PWID). METHODS: We generated a set of simulated RDS samples on an actual so[...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN ; M. A. DAVEY ; HUA W. | 2006ENGLISH : Although much of the debate surrounding the distribution of sterile syringes to injection drug users (IDUs) has focused on needle exchange programs (NEPs), IDUs acquire their syringes from three major sources: NEPs, pharmacies, and s[...]Périodique
S. G. SHERMAN ; C. A. LATKIN ; GIELEN A. C. | 2001ENGLISH : The study of social networks has become an increasingly utilized method of examining the relationship between injection drug users' social environment and risk of HIV. This study examined relational aspects of two injection drug user[...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN ; HUA W. ; K. TOBIN | 2004ENGLISH : The leading cause of death among heroin users is drug overdose. The present study examined the relationship between history of self-reported drug overdoses and social network characteristics among cocaine and opiate users. Data were [...]Article : Périodique
This study explores the role of perceived HCV stigma and social networks on HCV care among people who inject drugs (PWID) of both sexes, and solely among women who inject drugs (WWID). Data were from 269 HCV positive PWID, community-recruited th[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : L'étude a porté sur 2885 toxicomanes utilisant la voie intraveineuse. Ces derniers ont eu un entretien et ont subi un dépistage du VIH. L'entretien avait pour objectif de déterminer les comportements à risques, et intégrait des barè[...]Périodique
C. A. LATKIN ; D. VLAHOV | 1998FRANÇAIS : L'objectif de l'étude est de vérifier la justesse du statut VIH rapporté par les usagers de drogues par voie injectable (UDIs) eux-mêmes et la validité de prédiction d'une mesure d'évaluation de l'avantage social pour repérer les rap[...]Périodique
COSTENBADER E. C. ; N. M. ASTONE ; C. A. LATKIN | 2006ENGLISH : Aims: While studies of the social networks of injection drug users (IDUs) have provided insight into how the structures of interpersonal relationships among IDUs affect HIV risk behaviors, the majority of these studies have been cros[...]Périodique
CRAPE B. L. ; C. A. LATKIN ; LARIS A. S. ; KNOWLTON A. R. | 2002ENGLISH : What contributes to sustained abstinence from injection drug use by those who participate in community-based Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is not well understood. We know that sponsorship is a central element[...]