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Measurement of HIV risk behaviors among intravenous drug users
Author(s) -
SAMUELS JACK F.,
VLAHOV DAVID,
ANTHONY JAMES C.,
CHAISSON RICHARD E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb01942.x
Subject(s) - intravenous drug , context (archaeology) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug , interview , substance abuse , medicine , psychology , pharmacology , psychiatry , family medicine , viral disease , paleontology , political science , law , biology
This paper reviews issues related to the measurement of drug use and other behaviors in studies of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in intravenous drug users. These issues include: (1) choice of variables, (2) study design, (3) time frame of measurement, (4) categories of measurement, (5) interviewer effects, and (6) validity of measurement. Difficulties and approaches for measuring drug use and other intimate behaviors in intravenous drug users are discussed. Attempts to come to terms with these measurement issues in the context of HIV infection in intravenous drug users should lead to the Junker development of methods for use in the general context of drug abuse research.