Stopka Thomas J, Singer Merrill, Santelices Claudia, Eiserman Julie
The Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2003 Jul;38(9):1345-77. doi: 10.1081/ja-120018492.
Improved access to sterile syringes decreases risks related to blood-borne transmission of HIV and hepatitis among injection drug users (IDUs). While syringe exchange programs and pharmacy sales of over-the-counter syringes have received considerable attention from researchers and interventionists during the past decade, little is known about informal economy street syringe sellers. In Hartford, CT. as well as other regions throughout the United States a large percentage of IDUs utilize street sellers to facilitate their injection activities. A qualitative and ethnographic study was conducted in Hartford between 1999 and 2001 to help elucidate the public health risks and benefits of street syringe sellers.
增加无菌注射器的可及性可降低注射吸毒者中与艾滋病毒和肝炎血源性传播相关的风险。在过去十年中，注射器交换项目和非处方注射器的药房销售受到了研究人员和干预者的广泛关注，但对于非正规经济中的街头注射器卖家却知之甚少。在康涅狄格州的哈特福德以及美国其他地区，很大一部分注射吸毒者利用街头卖家来便利他们的注射活动。1999年至2001年间在哈特福德进行了一项定性和人种志研究，以帮助阐明街头注射器卖家对公共卫生的风险和益处。
