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Trust and other characteristics associated with health care utilization by injection drug users
(La confiance et les autres caractéristiques associées à l'utilisation du dispositif de santé par les injecteurs de drogues.)
Auteur(s) :
OSTERTAG S. ;
WRIGHT, B. R. E. ;
BROADHEAD, R. S. ;
ALTICE, F. L.
Année :
2006
Page(s) :
953-974
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
71
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
FACTEUR DE PROTECTION
;
FACTEUR DE VULNERABILITE
;
ACCES AUX SOINS
;
DEMANDE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
USAGER
;
VOIE INTRAVEINEUSE
;
RELATION THERAPEUTIQUE
;
IMAGE DE SOI
;
DEPRESSION
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2006, 36, (4), 953-974
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
La confiance dans les médecins, l'estime de soi, la confiance en soi, l'isolement social et la dépression sont les facteurs étudiés dans cet article qui influencent le recours aux services de santé par les injecteurs de drogues. Les répondants séropositifs au vih et les personnes possédant une couverture sociale utilisent plus souvent le système de santé.
ENGLISH :
This article examines health care utilization among injection drug users. Based on previous health care models, we identify various attitudes and personal characteristics that have been found to affect health care utilization in the general population, and we examine their effect with this at-risk group. They include trust in physicians, self-esteem, self-efficacy, social isolation, and depression. We examined survey data collected from 374 injection drug users in New Haven, Connecticut. Our findings indicated that trust in physicians significantly increased health care utilization, and depression decreased it. We also found that HIV+ respondents as well as those with health insurance utilized health care more often. These findings broaden the generalizability of existing health care utilization models, and they inform efforts to increase health care among vulnerable populations such as injection drug users. (Author' s abstract)
La confiance dans les médecins, l'estime de soi, la confiance en soi, l'isolement social et la dépression sont les facteurs étudiés dans cet article qui influencent le recours aux services de santé par les injecteurs de drogues. Les répondants séropositifs au vih et les personnes possédant une couverture sociale utilisent plus souvent le système de santé.
ENGLISH :
This article examines health care utilization among injection drug users. Based on previous health care models, we identify various attitudes and personal characteristics that have been found to affect health care utilization in the general population, and we examine their effect with this at-risk group. They include trust in physicians, self-esteem, self-efficacy, social isolation, and depression. We examined survey data collected from 374 injection drug users in New Haven, Connecticut. Our findings indicated that trust in physicians significantly increased health care utilization, and depression decreased it. We also found that HIV+ respondents as well as those with health insurance utilized health care more often. These findings broaden the generalizability of existing health care utilization models, and they inform efforts to increase health care among vulnerable populations such as injection drug users. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Etats-Unis. United States.