"In their perception we are addicts": Social vulnerabilities and sources of support for men released from drug treatment centers in Vietnam

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 897-904

  Tomori, Cecilia ^a   Go, Vivian F ^a   Tuan, Le Nhan ^b   Huong, Nguyen Mai ^a   Binh, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Zelaya, Carla E ^a   Celentano, David D ^a   Dat, Do Tuan ^c   Quan, Vu Minh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Hanoi HIV/AIDS Prevention Office   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Compulsory detoxification; HIV; Injection drug use; Social reintegration; Social vulnerabilities; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; EMOTIONALITY; GUILT; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUG; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SHAME; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIET NAM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEW; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924028598     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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