Formal and informal organizational activities of people who inject drugs in New York City: Description and correlates

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-62

  Friedman, Samuel R ^a   Pouget, Enrique R ^a   Sandoval, Milagros ^a   Jones, Yolanda ^a   Mateu Gelabert, Pedro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Events; Drug users; group membership; HIV; injection drug users (IDUs); people who inject drugs; risk behaviors; structural interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUG; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF INJECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; NEEDLE SHARING; NEW YORK; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; SELF HELP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; NEW YORK CITY; PEER GROUP; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928624885     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2014.975612     Document Type: Article

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