Historique
Auteur C. A. LATKIN
26 Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur
V. A. GYARMATHY ; L. G. JOHNSTON ; I. CAPLINSKIENE ; S. CAPLINSKAS ; C. A. LATKIN | 2014
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.135, February 2014) Article : PériodiqueBACKGROUND: 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[...]
ENGLISH : 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[...]
ENGLISH : 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[...]
ENGLISH : 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 [...]
A. A. JONES ; K. E. SCHNEIDER ; O. FALADE-NWULIA ; G. STERNER ; K. TOBIN ; C. A. LATKIN | 2023
Dans Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (Vol.55, n°4, September-October 2023) Article : PériodiqueThis 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[...]
C. A. LATKIN ; D. VLAHOV ; J. C. ANTHONY | 1993
Dans Addiction (Vol.88, n°4, April 1993) Article : PériodiqueFRANÇAIS : 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[...]
FRANÇAIS : 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[...]
ENGLISH : 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[...]
ENGLISH : 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[...]
FRANÇAIS : L'objectif de l'étude est de montrer l'influence des pairs sur le mode de consommation d'alcool et de cocaïne et sur le comportement à risque face au VIH. L'échantillon est composé de 71 toxicomanes IV, noirs américains, volontaires [...]
