"Not on the agenda": A qualitative study of influences on health services use among poor young women who use drugs in Cape Town, South Africa

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-58

  Myers, Bronwyn ^a,b   Carney, Tara ^a   Wechsberg, Wendee M ^c,d,e,f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health services; HIV; Risk environment; Structural context; Substance abuse treatment need; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY POVERTY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER INEQUALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IN DEPTH INTERVIEW; INTERVIEW; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; POOR YOUNG WOMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH AFRICA; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956561860     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.12.019     Document Type: Article

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