Titre : | Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness and incarceration (2002) |
Auteurs : | S. GALEA ; D. VLAHOV |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Public Health Reports (Vol.117, Suppl.1, 2002) |
Article en page(s) : | S135-S145 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL ; PRISON ; SANS ABRI ; CONSOMMATION ; FACTEUR DE RISQUE ; ACCES AUX SOINS ; PAUVRETE ; ETHNIE ; CONDUITE A RISQUE ; SANTE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE ANALYTIQUE |
Résumé : |
OBJECTIVES: This article reviews the evidence on the adverse health consequences of low socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration among drug users.
OBSERVATIONS: Social and economic factors shape risk behavior and the health of drug users. They affect health indirectly by shaping individual drug-use behavior; they affect health directly by affecting the availability of resources, access to social welfare systems, marginalization, and compliance with medication. Minority groups experience a disproportionately high level of the social factors that adversely affect health, factors that contribute to disparities in health among drug users. CONCLUSION: Public health interventions aimed at improving the health of drug users must address the social factors that accompany and exacerbate the health consequences of illicit drug use. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Sous-type de document : | Revue de la littérature / Literature review |
Refs biblio. : | 144 |
Affiliation : | Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1300583 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Lien : | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1913691/ |
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