Motives for and against injecting drug use among young adults in Amsterdam: Qualitative findings and considerations for disease prevention

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1001-1016

  Witteveen, Ewald ^a,d   Van Ameijden, Erik ^b,e   Schippers, Gerard ^c,f  

^a Amsterdam Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^e Municipal Health Service in Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Injecting drug use; Motives; Prevention; Young adults

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INJECTION DRUG USER; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDLE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33745728215     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080600669561     Document Type: Article

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