Vargens Octavio Muniz da Costa, Brands Bruna, Adlaf Edward, Giesbrecht Norman, Simich Laura, Wright Maria da Gloria Miotto
Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2009 Nov-Dec;17 Spec No:776-82. doi: 10.1590/s0104-11692009000700004.
This article presents the partial results of a multicenter, qualitative study, which involved seven Latin-American countries and Canada. The results presented refer to Northern Rio de Janeiro (city), Brazil. The objective of the study was to describe the perspective of relatives/acquaintances of illicit drug users about protective and risk factors, prevention initiatives, treatment services, and legal aspects regarding illicit drugs. Interviews were performed with 99 individuals, who reported being affected by their relationship with an illicit drug user (relative or acquaintance), approaching their perspectives regarding the key-domains. Most participants were women (73.7%); relatives who used drugs were mostly men (78.2%); the most consumed drug was marijuana (77.8%). The highlighted protective factor was having recreational-sports activities in the community (88.9%), and the risk factor was curiosity for trying something new (94.4%). The main treatment services were Church Groups (51.5%), and participants stated that laws should be more punitive (82.8%). In conclusion, this information is essential to fight against drug use/abuse, showing that there is a need for actions that consider different perspectives at different levels.
本文展示了一项多中心定性研究的部分结果，该研究涉及七个拉丁美洲国家和加拿大。所呈现的结果涉及巴西里约热内卢北部（市）。该研究的目的是描述非法药物使用者的亲属/熟人对与非法药物相关的保护因素和风险因素、预防举措、治疗服务以及法律方面的看法。对99名个体进行了访谈，他们表示自己因与非法药物使用者（亲属或熟人）的关系而受到影响，并阐述了他们在关键领域的观点。大多数参与者为女性（73.7%）；吸毒的亲属大多为男性（78.2%）；吸食最多的毒品是大麻（77.8%）。突出的保护因素是社区中有娱乐体育活动（88.9%），风险因素是对尝试新事物的好奇心（94.4%）。主要的治疗服务是教会团体（51.5%），参与者表示法律应该更具惩罚性（82.8%）。总之，这些信息对于打击药物使用/滥用至关重要，表明需要采取行动，在不同层面考虑不同的观点。
