Examining the association between discrimination and risky social networks among illicit drug users

Discrimination is a predictor of increased drug use initiation. Thus, discrimination may systematically marginalize stigmatized individuals into risky social networks (e.g., networks with high burden of disease) that facilitate HIV transmission. Therefore, even when individual risk behaviors are low...

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Main Author: Crawford, Natalie D.
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D83J3KZ6