Neighborhood factors have been linked to HIV risk behaviors, HIV counseling and testing, and HIV medical care. However, the social–psychological mechanisms that connect …
J Quesada, LK Hart, P Bourgois - Medical anthropology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Latino immigrants in the United States constitute a paradigmatic case of a population group subject to structural violence. Their subordinated location in the global economy and their …
T Rhodes - International journal of drug policy, 2009 - Elsevier
A 'risk environment'framework promotes an understanding of harm, and harm reduction, as a matter of 'contingent causation'. Harm is contingent upon social context, comprising …
We systematically reviewed reports about determinants of HIV infection in injecting drug users from 2000 to 2009, classifying findings by type of environmental influence. We then …
M Choi, H Kim, H Qian, A Palepu - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Objective We compared the readmission rates and the pattern of readmission among patients discharged against medical advice (AMA) to control patients discharged with …
Abstract In the United States, research is limited on the mechanisms that link socioeconomic and structural factors to HIV diagnosis outcomes. We tested whether neighborhood income …
Vancouver, Canada is experiencing an overdose crisis due to the proliferation of fentanyl and related analogues and novel overdose response interventions are being implemented …
Non-representational theory is an academic approach that animates the active world; its taking-place. It shows how material, sensory and affective processes combine with …
The link between HIV infection and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rather complex and findings from previous studies remain inconsistent. While some argue that poverty …