" It's not rocket science, what I do": Self-directed harm reduction strategies among drug using ethno-racially diverse gay and bisexual men

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-62

  Greenspan, Nicole R ^a   Aguinaldo, Jeffrey P ^b   Husbands, Winston ^a   Murray, James ^c   Ho, Peter ^d   Sutdhibhasilp, Noulmook ^e   Cedano, José ^f   Lau, Chris ^a   Gray, Trevor ^g,h   Maharaj, Rajendra ^a  

^a AIDS Committee of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^d Regent Park Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^e Asian Community AIDS Services   (Canada)

^f Formerly of the Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples   (Canada)

^g Prisoners HIV Support Action Network   (Canada)

^h Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gay and bisexual men; Race; Self directed harm reduction strategies; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMUTILATION; BISEXUAL MALE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; SELF CONTROL; SEXUAL MINORITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BISEXUALITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; DANCING; DRUG USERS; HARM REDUCTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79151483233     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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