ArticleJournal of substance use2016
"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.
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- Exploring the Influence of Social Capital on HIV Prevention with Migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Living in Durban, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Are E-Cigarette and Tea Cigarette Gifting Behaviors Associated with Tobacco Use and Failed Quit Attempts in China?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association of social capital with obesity among older adults in China: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Co-use among confidants: An examination of polysubstance use and personal relationships in southeastern Nebraska.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- "Caballo": risk environments, drug sharing and the emergence of a hepatitis C virus epidemic among people who inject drugs in Puerto Rico.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- "Generally, you get 86'ed because you're a liability": An application of Integrated Threat Theory to frequently witnessed overdoses and social distancing responses.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Social Networks of Substance-Using Populations: Key Issues and Promising New Approaches for HIV.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- Needle acquisition patterns, network risk and social capital among rural PWID in Puerto Rico.Harm reduction journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundInjection drug use is the third highest risk factor for HIV transmission. Injection drug users, marginalized population, continue to be at threat for several health problems, including HIV, Hepatitis B & C and drug overdose. The area of social capital and risk behaviors is understudied. The current study aims to prospectively assess the relationship between social capital and the risk behaviors associated with injection drug use.
methodsThe sample of the present study is a subset of 130 drug users who reported injection drug use (IDU) at both baseline and first follow-up wave for assessing the relationship between social capital and needle sharing in the city of Baltimore, MD. Factor analysis, structural equation modeling and multivariate logistic regression were conducted to explore these relationships.
resultsA single-factor model fit well with factor loadings ranging from .20 to .95. Social capital is shown to be significantly and inversely associated (p<.05) with 35% decreased odds of the risk of sharing needles with every unit increase in social capital (AOR: 0.65, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.84).
conclusionThe result from this study can be used to inform and fill gaps in the field of harm reduction. The interplay between social support, social participation and norms of trust, reciprocity generated from the index's social network and its relationship with behavior of needle sharing demonstrates that these leverage points should be emphasized in future harm reduction interventions.
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