Mechanisms through which drug, sex partner, and friendship network characteristics relate to risky needle use among high risk youth and young adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2489-2499

  Lakon, Cynthia M ^a   Ennett, Susan T ^b   Norton, Edward C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection drug use; Risk behaviour; Social networks; Social regulation; USA; Youth

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USER; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748557825     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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