Titre : | Resilience among IDUs: Planning strategies to help injection drug users to protect themselves and others from HIV/HCV infections (2012) |
Auteurs : | S. SIRIKANTRAPORN ; P. MATEU-GELABERT ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; M. SANDOVAL ; R. A. TORRUELLA |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.47, n°10, 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | 1125-1133 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ETATS-UNISThésaurus mots-clés INJECTION ; USAGER ; PREVENTION ; CONDUITE A RISQUE ; RESILIENCE ; VIH ; HEPATITE ; INTERVENTION ; REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES |
Résumé : | Many long-term injection drug users (IDUs) engage in planning strategies. In this pilot study, we examine the relation of one planning strategy to IDUs' engaging in safer injection practices. Sixty-eight IDUs were recruited in 2010 from a New York City (NYC) needle exchange program and referrals to participate in an innovative Staying Safe Intervention that teaches strategies to stay HIV/HCV uninfected. Responses to a baseline 185-item survey were analyzed using correlations and odds ratios. Planning ahead to have steady access to clean equipment was correlated with both individually based and networks-based safety behaviors including storing clean needles; avoiding sharing needles, cookers, and filters with other injectors; and providing clean needles to sex partners. Implications related to resilience in IDUs are discussed and the study's limitations have been noted. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Institute for AIDS Research, National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI), New York, NY, USA |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2012.682324 |
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