Rossi Diana, Pawlowicz María Pía, Rangugni Victoria, Singh Dhan Zunino, Goltzman Paula, Cymerman Pablo, Vila Marcelo, Touzé Graciela
Intercambios: Asociación Civil para el Estudio y Atención de Problemas Relacionados con las Drogas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cad Saude Publica. 2006 Apr;22(4):741-50. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000400013. Epub 2006 Apr 5.
This article discusses the changes in injecting drug use from 1998 to 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Rapid Situation Assessment and Response methodology was used to obtain the information. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were triangulated: 140 current IDUs and 35 sex partners of injection drug users (IDUs) were surveyed; 17 in-depth interviews with the surveyed IDUs and 2 focus groups were held, as well as ethnographic observations. The way in which risk and care practices among injecting drug users changed and the influence of the HIV/ AIDS epidemic on this process are described. In recent years, the frequency of injection practices and sharing of injecting equipment has decreased, while injecting drug use is a more hidden practice in a context of increasing impact of the disease in the injecting drug use social networks and changes in the price and quality of drugs. Knowledge about these changes helps build harm reduction activities oriented to IDUs in their particular social context.
本文探讨了1998年至2003年期间阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯注射吸毒情况的变化。采用快速形势评估与应对方法获取信息。对定量和定性技术进行了三角互证：调查了140名当前注射吸毒者及35名注射吸毒者的性伴侣；对接受调查的注射吸毒者进行了17次深入访谈，开展了2次焦点小组讨论，并进行了人种学观察。描述了注射吸毒者中风险与护理行为的变化方式以及艾滋病毒/艾滋病疫情对这一过程的影响。近年来，注射行为及共用注射器具的频率有所下降，而在该疾病对注射吸毒者社交网络影响不断加大以及毒品价格和质量发生变化的背景下，注射吸毒行为变得更加隐蔽。了解这些变化有助于针对特定社会背景下的注射吸毒者开展减少伤害活动。
