Drug users in Hanoi, Vietnam: factors associated with membership in community-based drug user groups

A syndemic conjoins injection drug use, incarceration, and HIV in Vietnam, where there is a need for programs that empower people who use drugs to minimize the harms thereby produced. Here we present a post-hoc evaluation of the organizing efforts of the Centre for Supporting Community Development I...

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Published in:Harm reduction journal 2013-11, Vol.10 (1), p.33-33, Article 33
Main Authors: Hayes-Larson, Eleanor, Grau, Lauretta E, Khoshnood, Kaveh, Barbour, Russell, Khuat, Oanh Thi Hai, Heimer, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Community development
Crime - psychology
Drug addicts
Drug therapy
Drugs
Harm reduction
Health aspects
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
HIV infection
Humans
Male
Medical care
Membership
Needle-Exchange Programs - statistics & numerical data
Nonprofit organizations
Overdose
Quality management
Quality of Life
Risk factors
Risk-Taking
Self Efficacy
Self-Help Groups
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - prevention & control
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - psychology
Vietnam
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Summary:A syndemic conjoins injection drug use, incarceration, and HIV in Vietnam, where there is a need for programs that empower people who use drugs to minimize the harms thereby produced. Here we present a post-hoc evaluation of the organizing efforts of the Centre for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI) with two community-based drug user groups (CBGs) in Hanoi. Members (n = 188) of the CBGs were compared to non-member peers (n = 184) on demographic, psychosocial, behavioral and knowledge variables using a face-to-face structured interview that focused on issues of quality of life and harm reduction. Bivariate analyses were conducted, and variables significantly associated with membership at p 
ISSN:1477-7517
1477-7517
DOI:10.1186/1477-7517-10-33