The Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics on the Relationship Between Discrimination and Increased Drug-Using Social Ties Among Illicit Drug Users

Social discrimination may isolate drug users into higher risk relationships, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhood environments where drug trade occurs. We used negative binomial regression accounting for clustering of individuals within their recruitment neighborhood to investigate the relatio...

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Published in:Journal of community health 2013-04, Vol.38 (2), p.328-337
Main Authors: Crawford, Natalie D., Borrell, Luisa N., Galea, Sandro, Ford, Chandra, Latkin, Carl, Fuller, Crystal M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accounting
Adult
Blacks
Cocaine
Community and Environmental Psychology
Confidence Intervals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disadvantaged
Discrimination
Drug Abuse
Drug Trafficking
Drug Use
Drug Users - psychology
Drugs
Education
Ethics
Female
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Minorities
Neighborhoods
New York City - epidemiology
ORIGINAL PAPER
Poverty
Prevalence
Qualitative Research
Recruitment
Regression Analysis
Residence Characteristics
Risk
Social Cohesion
Social Discrimination
Social Networks
Social Support
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Trade
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Summary:Social discrimination may isolate drug users into higher risk relationships, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhood environments where drug trade occurs. We used negative binomial regression accounting for clustering of individuals within their recruitment neighborhood to investigate the relationship between high-risk drug ties with various forms of social discrimination, neighborhood minority composition, poverty and education. Results show that experiencing discrimination due to drug use is significantly associated with more drug ties in neighborhoods with fewer blacks. Future social network and discrimination research should assess the role of neighborhood social cohesion.
ISSN:0094-5145
1573-3610
DOI:10.1007/s10900-012-9618-0