Interdisciplinary mixed methods research with structurally vulnerable populations: Case studies of injection drug users in San Francisco

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-109

  Lopez, Andrea M ^a,b,c   Bourgois, Philippe ^d   Wenger, Lynn D ^a   Lorvick, Jennifer ^a   Martinez, Alexis N ^e   Kral, Alex H ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; HIV; Homelessness, ethnography, qualitative research; IDUs; Methamphetamine; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; COOPERATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DATA COLLECTION; DRUG USERS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84875376339     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.12.004     Document Type: Review

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