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Acculturation and risky injection practices among Hispanic injectors (2001)
(Niveau de culture et pratiques d'injection à risque chez les usagers de drogue par voie intraveineuse espagnols)
Auteur(s) :
W. A. ZULE ;
D. P. DESMOND ;
M. A. MEDRANO ;
J. P. HATCH
Article en page(s) :
207-214
Refs biblio. :
31
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
INJECTION
;
VIH
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
ENQUETE
;
ETHNIE
;
SEXE
;
IMMIGRE
;
MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL
Thésaurus géographique
ESPAGNE
Note générale :
Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001, 24, (2), 207-214, tabl.
Résumé :
Ethnic and gender-based correlates of safer needle use among 528 out-of-treatment drug injectors in San Antonio, Texas, were studied. The sample was 67% male, 75% Hispanic, 11% non-Hispanic white, and 14% AfricanAmerican. Forty-seven percent of Hispanics were classified as high-acculturation, and 53% were classified as low-acculturation. HIV seroprevalence was 1.7%. Safer needle use was defined as never sharing syringes that had not been disinfected with bleach. Variables associated with safer needle use in bivariate analyses were entered into a multiple logistic regression analysis. Independent predictors of safer needle use included being AfricanAmerican, a high-acculturation Hispanic, and female. Greater perceived AIDS risk; frequent cocaine injection; and sharing cookers, cottons, and water were all negatively associated with safer needle use. Among men, low-acculturation Hispanics were significantly more risky than the other groups, but there was no association between ethnicity and safer needle use among women. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Research Triangle Institute, Health and Social Policy Division, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.