Titre : | Risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Northern Ireland |
Titre traduit : | (Comportements à risque parmi les usagers de drogue par voie intraveineuse en Irlande du Nord) |
Auteurs : | K. MAC ELRATH |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2001 |
Format : | 2137-2157 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
Substance Use and Misuse, 2001, 36, (14), 2137-2157 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés FACTEUR DE RISQUE ; INJECTION ; PARTAGE DE SERINGUE ; VIH ; REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGESThésaurus géographique IRLANDE DU NORD |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Compared to elsewhere in the United Kingdom, drug policy in Northern Ireland has for the most part failed to incorporate harm reduction strategies. In light of the conservative drug policies, the purpose of this study was to investigate the nature and extent of risk behaviors among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Northern Ireland. Data for this study were drawn from in-depth interviews with 39 IDUs in Northern Ireland. The findings suggest that most IDUs engage in extensive risk behaviors that pose risk for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and other infectious disease. Moreover, these risk behaviors are linked to the scarcity of new needles and a general lack of knowledge about injection practices that reduce risk for infectious disease. These findings are discussed in the context of conservative drug policies. (Editor's abstract.) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 48 |
Affiliation : |
1-3 College Park East, Sch. Sociol. & Social Policy, Queen's univ., Belfast, Northern Ireland BT7 1LQ. E-mail : k.mcelrath@quenns-belfast.ac.uk Irlande. Ireland. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 403773 |
Centre Emetteur : | 04 CIRDD-51 |
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