TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender comparisons of factors associated with drug treatment utilization among puerto rican drug users
AU - Kang, Sung Yeon
AU - Deren, Sherry
AU - Colón, Hector
N1 - Funding Information:
This data analysis was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant No. R03DA022918. Data used were obtained from project ARIBBA funded by the same Institute, Grant No. R01DA10425. The authors also appreciate Dr. Rafaela R. Robles and her staff for their collaboration in conducting the ARIBBA project in Puerto Rico.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Objective: This study examined gender-specific effects of social bonds, network characteristics, and other factors on drug treatment enrollment among Puerto Rican drug users. Method: Participants (425 women; 1,374 men) were recruited in New York and Puerto Rico in 19982003. Results: Gender differences were found: education (< high school/GED) and having a sex partner who is an injection drug user (IDU) were significantly related to current enrollment in drug treatment (EDT) for women; for men, having an IDU friend (negatively) had a main effect on EDT, and having an IDU friend also had a significant interaction effect with their own injection drug use on EDT. For both women and men, recruitment site (New York), having health insurance, and prior methadone treatment were significant predictors of EDT. Conclusion: The findings may be useful in developing gender-differentiated drug counseling and treatment efforts that engage women's sex partners and men's friendship networks to build support for drug treatment.
AB - Objective: This study examined gender-specific effects of social bonds, network characteristics, and other factors on drug treatment enrollment among Puerto Rican drug users. Method: Participants (425 women; 1,374 men) were recruited in New York and Puerto Rico in 19982003. Results: Gender differences were found: education (< high school/GED) and having a sex partner who is an injection drug user (IDU) were significantly related to current enrollment in drug treatment (EDT) for women; for men, having an IDU friend (negatively) had a main effect on EDT, and having an IDU friend also had a significant interaction effect with their own injection drug use on EDT. For both women and men, recruitment site (New York), having health insurance, and prior methadone treatment were significant predictors of EDT. Conclusion: The findings may be useful in developing gender-differentiated drug counseling and treatment efforts that engage women's sex partners and men's friendship networks to build support for drug treatment.
KW - Gender comparisons
KW - Network
KW - Partner characteristics
KW - Puerto Rican drug users
KW - Utilization of drug treatment
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U2 - 10.1080/00952990802585414
DO - 10.1080/00952990802585414
M3 - Article
C2 - 19322729
AN - SCOPUS:65549124591
SN - 0095-2990
VL - 35
SP - 73
EP - 79
JO - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
JF - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
IS - 2
ER -