Valdez Avelardo, Neaigus Alan, Kaplan Charles D
University of Houston, Texas.
J Contemp Ethnogr. 2008 Feb 1;37(1):79-107. doi: 10.1177/0891241607309476.
Noninjecting heroin use (NIU) is spreading among social networks of young Mexican American polydrug users. This article examines the influence of family and peer networks on NIU behavior and other drug practices and risks. This study delineates the extent to which a culturally relevant modification of the "network facilitation" theoretical approach can increase both a theoretical and practical understanding of drug use and related risk behaviors. Using the methods of analytic ethnography, it identifies, describes, and explains variations in the social networks among this marginalized population and how specific aspects of Mexican American culture (familismo, and collectivismo) affects risk behaviors.
非注射式海洛因使用（NIU）正在年轻的墨西哥裔美国多药使用者的社交网络中蔓延。本文探讨了家庭和同伴网络对非注射式海洛因使用行为以及其他吸毒行为和风险的影响。本研究描绘了对“网络促进”理论方法进行与文化相关的修正，在何种程度上能够增进对吸毒及相关风险行为的理论和实践理解。运用分析民族志方法，研究识别、描述并解释了这一边缘化人群社交网络中的差异，以及墨西哥裔美国文化的特定方面（家庭主义和集体主义）如何影响风险行为。
