Social Network Assessments and Interventions for Health Behavior Change: A Critical Review
In: Behavioral medicine, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 90-97
ISSN: 1940-4026
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In: Behavioral medicine, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 90-97
ISSN: 1940-4026
In: Journal of social distress and the homeless, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 263-278
ISSN: 1573-658X
In: Journal of drug issues: JDI, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 865-870
ISSN: 1945-1369
Stated reasons for sharing needles and not intending to carry bleach for 413 injection drug users in the Stop AIDS for Everyone (SAFE) study in Baltimore, Maryland, were analyzed. Over two-thirds (69%) reported they knew individuals who had "gotten in trouble" by police for carrying needles. Of the injection drug users, 38% stated the main reason they shared needles without cleaning them first with bleach was a sense of time urgency, and 30% reported that clean needles were not available. The most common reason given by 24% of the participants for not intending to carry bleach was that they inject at home where bleach is available. Another frequently mentioned reason for not intending to carry bleach was wanting to stop using drugs. These results have implications for HIV prevention and suggest the importance of preventive interventions that emphasize drug users' planning where and when they will inject drugs. The findings also suggest that needle sharing may be in part an unintended consequence of Maryland's current drug paraphernalia laws.
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Band 93, S. 226-230
ISSN: 0190-7409
In: Journal of GLBT family studies, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 205-228
ISSN: 1550-4298
In: Marine policy, Band 107, S. 103587
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 47, Heft 5, S. 522-534
ISSN: 1532-2491