Gender, culture and harm: An exploratory study of female heroin users of Vietnamese ethnicity

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 681-695

  Higgs, Peter ^a,c,d   Owada, Kei ^b   Hellard, Margaret ^c   Power, Robert ^c   Maher, Lisa ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Harm; Injecting drug use; Vietnamese women

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HARM REDUCTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VICTORIA; VIETNAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 53249128990     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050802203838     Document Type: Article

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