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Health Consequences of Long-Term Injection Heroin Use Among Aging Mexican American Men in Houston, Texas, 2008 - 2011 [Restricted-use Files] / Patrick Bordnick .
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- Datafile
- Series:
- ICPSR (Series) ; 34896.
- ICPSR ; 34896
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- 2014-12-12.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The study is comprised of interviews from 227 Hispanic males aged 45 or older living in the area of Houston, Texas to address the gaps in knowledge on the social factors and health consequences of injection heroin use among aging Mexican American males. Specifically, the study investigated how the life course transitions of incarceration and drug treatment and drug abuse and family trajectories affect both the heroin career status and health consequences of these aging Mexican American men. The study used a cross-sectional, field-intensive outreach methodology augmented with respondent-driven sampling. Recruitment was focused in two Houston neighborhoods that are predominantly Mexican American areas with high rates of crime, poverty, and psychosocial challenges. Trained Outreach Specialists familiar with these communities identified community gatekeepers and gained their trust through continued presence in the community and ongoing dialogue about the study. These gatekeepers then helped identify individuals meeting the inclusion criteria: Mexican American men aged 45 years or older with a history of injection drug use for at least 3 years. The men were then classified into one of three groups: current injectors (current group), former injectors not in treatment (former group), or former injectors currently enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment programs (MMTP group). Cf.: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34896.v1
- Notes:
- Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2015-01-05.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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