The Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and High-Risk Social Ties Among Illicit Drug Users in New York City, 2006–2009
Autor: | Natalie D. Crawford, Kandice C. Jones, Carl A. Latkin, Sandro Galea, Chandra L. Ford, Crystal M. Fuller |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject New York Sexually Transmitted Diseases HIV Infections Disease Social Environment Racism Article Drug Users Risk-Taking Risk Factors Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Substance Abuse Intravenous media_common Social network Illicit Drugs business.industry Prisoners Public health Urban Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Interpersonal ties Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Sexual Partners Infectious Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Cohort Regression Analysis Perception business Psychology Social psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior. 17:419-426 |
ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10461-012-0201-6 |
Popis: | Discrimination can influence risk of disease by promoting unhealthy behaviors (e.g., smoking, alcohol use). Whether it influences the formation of high-risk social ties that facilitate HIV transmission is unclear. Using cross-sectional data from a cohort of illicit drug users, this study examined the association between discrimination based on race, drug use and prior incarceration and risky sex and drug ties. Negative binomial regression models were performed. Participants who reported discrimination based on race and drug use had significantly more sex and drug-using ties. But, after accounting for both racial and drug use discrimination, only racial discrimination was associated with increased sex, drug-using, and injecting ties. Drug users who experience discrimination and subsequently develop more sex and drug-using ties, increase their risk of contracting HIV. Future longitudinal studies illuminating the pathways linking discrimination and social network development may guide intervention development and identify drug-using subpopulations at high risk for disease transmission. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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