‘It’s not what you know but who you know’: Role of social capital in predicting risky injection drug use behavior in a sample of people who inject drugs in Baltimore City

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 620-626

  Kumar, Pritika C ^a   McNeely, Jennifer ^a   Latkin, Carl A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Harm reduction; HIV; injecting drug use (IDU); risky behaviors; social capital; social networks

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INJECTION DRUG USE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARYLAND; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRUST;

EID: 84966708038     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1122098     Document Type: Article

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