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| Title |
Role of Social Network Dimensions in the Transition to Injection Drug Use: Actions Speak Louder than Words
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| Published in |
AIDS and Behavior, March 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-011-9930-1 |
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| Authors |
Nana Koram, Hongjie Liu, Jianhua Li, Jian Li, Jian Luo, Jennifer Nield |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to examine the influences of social network factors, particularly social support and norms, in the transition from non-injection heroin and/or opiate use to heroin-injection, which is one of the leading causes of the spread of HIV/AIDS in China. Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit young heroin and/or opiate users in an egocentric network study in Yunnan, China. Multivariate logistic regression using hierarchical combinations of candidate variables was used to analyze network factors for the injection transition. A total of 3,121 social network alters were reported by 403 egos with an average network size of eight. Fifty-eight percent of egos transitioned to heroin-injection from non-injection. This transition was associated with having a larger sex network size, a larger number of heroin injectors in one's network, and a higher network density. The findings enhance our understanding of the influence of social network dimensions on the transition to injection drug use. Accordingly, the development of interventions for heroin and/or opiate users in China should consider social network characteristics. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 14% |
| India | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 79 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 16% |
| Researcher | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 19 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 37% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 14% |
| Psychology | 6 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 20 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 September 2012.
All research outputs
#7,541,484
of 23,849,058 outputs
Outputs from AIDS and Behavior
#1,285
of 3,566 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#39,633
of 110,795 outputs
Outputs of similar age from AIDS and Behavior
#13
of 40 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,566 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its peers.
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