Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2010 Oct;14(5):1142-8. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9670-7.
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between social network characteristics and peer norms related to sharing needles and shooting gallery use. Multivariate logistic regression modeling was used to identify factors that were independently associated with shooting gallery use among a sample of injection drug users recruited in Baltimore, Maryland. Of 842 study participants, 35% reported attending a shooting gallery in the past 6 months. Social networks of shooting gallery users were larger, had a greater number of injectors and crack smokers, were younger and less dense with fewer kin members compared to networks of non-gallery attenders. A greater proportion of those who used a gallery perceived that their peers shared needles and that peers would not disapprove if they used a dirty needle. Future research is needed to understand how social networks and peer norms are specific to behavioral settings and how this may impede adoption of preventive behaviors.
本研究旨在探讨社交网络特征与与共用针具和注射室使用相关的同伴规范之间的关联。本研究采用多变量逻辑回归模型，对马里兰州巴尔的摩市招募的一批注射吸毒者样本进行分析，确定与注射室使用相关的独立因素。在 842 名研究参与者中，35%的人报告在过去 6 个月内去过注射室。与不去注射室的人相比，注射室使用者的社交网络更大，其中有更多的注射者和吸食快克可卡因者，且更年轻，亲属成员更少，网络密度也更低。更多使用注射室的人认为他们的同伴共用针具，如果他们使用脏针，同伴也不会反对。未来的研究需要了解社交网络和同伴规范如何针对行为环境具有特异性，以及这如何阻碍预防行为的采用。
