<i>Có vay có tra’</i> (What goes around comes around): culture, risk and vulnerability to blood‐borne viruses among ethnic Vietnamese injecting drug users

Ho, Hien Thi; Maher, Lisa

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“…As part of an ongoing program of research focusing on injecting drug use and related harms in culturally and linguistically diverse communities [ 22 , 23 ] the current study was designed to explore the impact of cultural beliefs and practices on risk taking and health seeking behaviours among ethnic Vietnamese IDUs [ 24 ]. Observational fieldwork and in-depth interviews were conducted between 2001 and 2006 in neighbourhoods characterised by high proportions of Asian background IDUs and street-based drug markets.…”

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“…These are factors previously identified as being associated with fatal overdose [ 1 , 4 ]. Secondly, high rates of concomitant alcohol and benzodiazepine use, which increase the risk of opioid overdose, have also been identified in this group [ 10 , 11 ]. Thirdly, unlike opioid overdose cases nationally which occur in private settings, opioid overdoses in the study site (South Western Sydney or SWS) typically occur in public settings [ 12 ].…”

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Overdose beliefs and management practices among ethnic Vietnamese heroin users in Sydney, Australia

Maher

2009

Harm Reduction Journal

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Overdose beliefs and management practices among ethnic Vietnamese heroin users in Sydney, Australia

Maher

2009

Harm Reduction Journal

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“…Many described negative experiences with the health system, attributed to difficulties accessing health services and health workers' attitudes towards refugee or migrant "others" and IDUs (Coupland, Ritchie, & Maher, 2004;Ho & Maher, 2008;Reid, Higgs, Beyer, & Crofts, 2002). Many felt disaffected with, and were disengaged from, the health system and described a deep mistrust of health workers:…”

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Notions of Injecting Drug Users' Candidacy for Hepatitis C Treatment: Conflicting Provider, Patient, and Public Health Perspectives

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Maher²

2010

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Uptake of hepatitis C treatment by injecting drug users (IDUs) remains low and little is known about factors influencing treatmentuptake by ethnic minority groups. The influence of notions of "candidacy" on "accomplishing" access to antiviral treatment are explored using data from an ethnographic study. Fieldwork and in-depth interviews were conducted with 72 Indo-Chinese IDUs. Cultural contexts, everyday realities of drug use and marginalization, and disengagement from the health system produced notions of candidacy in participants' local worlds. Among the minority assessed for treatment, adjudications of candidacy were perceived to be influenced by power dynamics. Demonstrating abstinence from drug use was understood to be central to establishing legitimate claims for candidacy, suggesting conflicting provider, patient, and public health perspectives. Further research Contemporary Drug Problems 37/Winter 2010

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“…Qualitative studies have provided excellent insights into the role interpersonal factors play within injecting partnerships. Trust, intimacy, and care and cooperation are continually identified as factors influencing how individuals decide and participate in injecting drugs with others; with recent research expanding beyond sexual-injecting partnerships to acknowledge the relational qualities nonsexual injecting partners also share (Fraser, Rance, & Treloar, 2015; Ho & Maher, 2008; Lazuardi, et al, 2012; M. D. Morris, et al, 2015; Neaigus, et al, 1994; Simmons & Singer, 2006).…”

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Development and validation of a novel scale for measuring interpersonal factors underlying injection drug using behaviours among injecting partnerships

Morris

Neilands

Andrew

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International Journal of Drug Policy

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Background People who inject drugs with sexual partners or close friends have high rates of syringe/ancillary equipment sharing and HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Although evidence suggests that interpersonal factors underlie these higher risk profiles, there is no quantitative measure of how interpersonal factors operate within injecting relationships. We aimed to develop and validate a quantitative scale to assess levels of injecting drug-related interpersonal factors associated with risky injecting behaviors within injecting partnerships. Methods We conducted qualitative interviews with 45 people who inject drugs (PWID) who reported having injecting partners to inform item development, and tested these items in a quantitative study of 140 PWID from San Francisco, USA, to assess internal reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) and validity (convergent, and discriminant validity). Results With results from the qualitative interview data, we developed the Interpersonal Dynamics in Injecting Partnerships (IDIP) scale with 54 final items for 5 subscales of injecting-related interpersonal factors. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 5 factors (“trust”, “power”, “risk perception”, “intimacy”, and “cooperation”) with eigenvalues of 14.322, 6.177, 3.548, 2.463, and 2.138, explaining 57% of the variance, and indicating good internal reliability (alpha: 0.92–0.68). Strong convergent validity was observed in bivariate logistic regression models where higher levels of trust, intimacy, and cooperation within partnerships were positively associated with partners sharing needles and injecting equipment, whereas higher levels of power and risk perception were negatively associated with partners sharing needles and injecting equipment. Conclusions These findings offer strong evidence that the IDIP scale provides a psychometrically sound measure of injecting drug-related interpersonal dynamics. This measurement tool has the potential to facilitate additional investigations into the individual and collective impact of trust, intimacy, power, cooperation, and risk perception on injection drug using behaviors and engagement in HIV and HCV testing and treatment among PWID in a variety of settings.

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Có vay có tra’ (What goes around comes around): culture, risk and vulnerability to blood‐borne viruses among ethnic Vietnamese injecting drug users

Cited by 21 publications

References 30 publications

Overdose beliefs and management practices among ethnic Vietnamese heroin users in Sydney, Australia

Overdose beliefs and management practices among ethnic Vietnamese heroin users in Sydney, Australia

Notions of Injecting Drug Users' Candidacy for Hepatitis C Treatment: Conflicting Provider, Patient, and Public Health Perspectives

Development and validation of a novel scale for measuring interpersonal factors underlying injection drug using behaviours among injecting partnerships

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