Historique
Article de Périodique
Resilience among IDUs: Planning strategies to help injection drug users to protect themselves and others from HIV/HCV infections (2012)
Auteur(s) :
SIRIKANTRAPORN, S. ;
MATEU-GELABERT, P. ;
FRIEDMAN, S. R. ;
SANDOVAL, M. ;
TORRUELLA, R. A.
Année :
2012
Page(s) :
1125-1133
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus 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.
Affiliation :
Institute for AIDS Research, National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI), New York, NY, USA