Sampling Issues for Natural History Studies Including Intravenous Drug Abusers
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 32, Heft 12-13, S. 1703-1708
ISSN: 1532-2491
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In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 32, Heft 12-13, S. 1703-1708
ISSN: 1532-2491
In: Journal of drug issues: JDI, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 507-529
ISSN: 1945-1369
This article examines the outreach-assisted peer-support (OAPS) model of group interaction as an innovative strategy to help active street addicts control, reduce, or stop their use of drugs. The OAPS model targets active street addicts who are not in treatment and who may elect to continue drug use while participating in an OAPS group. Community-outreach and network sampling methods were used to recruit active heroin and cocaine users. One hundred street addicts were invited to participate voluntarily in outreach staff-assisted, peer-support groups sessions held at two community-based sites in Chicago. Data are drawn from regular indepth interviews, ethnographic reports, and transcribed tapes of OAPS sessions. The analysis focuses on the social processes through which peers help peers to stop, control, or reduce the harm of using illegal drugs.
In: Health & social work: a journal of the National Association of Social Workers, Band 23, Heft 4, S. 298-309
ISSN: 1545-6854