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| Titre : |
Interest in low-threshold employment among people who inject illicit drugs: Implications for street disorder |
| Auteurs : |
T. KERR ; J. MONTANER ; D. McARTHUR ; E. FU ; J. QI ; E. WOOD ; K. DEBECK |
| Année de publication : |
September 2011 |
| Article en page(s) : |
376-384 |
| Note générale : |
Analyse en français par F. Lert : Swaps 2011, n°65, p.13-14 <http://www.pistes.fr/swaps/65.htm> |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
A HISTOIRE - Pays et ensemble de pays:Ensembles économiques:Pays de l'OCDE:Canada ; C ECONOMIE - ECONOMIE SOCIALE ET SOLIDAIRE:Economie:Revenu et richesse:Répartition du revenu:Revenu Income of an individual or an organization. Otherwise use "national income". ; C ECONOMIE - ECONOMIE SOCIALE ET SOLIDAIRE:Travail:Emploi ; F POPULATIONS - ETUDES DE CAS:Problèmes sociaux:Problème social:Prostitution
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| Mots-clés : |
DRUG USER USAGER EMPLOYMENT INCOME DEALER REVENDEUR PROSPECTIVE STUDY ETUDE PROSPECTIVE ILLICIT SUBSTANCE PRODUIT ILLICITE |
| Index. décimale : |
SHS Sciences humaines et sociales / Human and social sciences |
| Résumé : |
Background: Income generation opportunities available to people who use illicit drugs have been associated with street disorder. Among a cohort of injection drug users (IDU) we sought to examine street-based income generation practices and willingness to forgo these sources of income if other low-threshold work opportunities were made available.
Methods: Data were derived from a prospective community recruited cohort of IDU. We assessed the prevalence of engaging in disorderly street-based income generation activities, including sex work, drug dealing, panhandling, and recycling/salvaging/vending. Using multivariate logistic regressions based on Akaike information criterion and the best subset selection procedure, we identified factors associated with disorderly income generation activities, and assessed willingness to forgo these sources of income during the period of November 2008 to July 2009.
Results: Among our sample of 874 IDU, 418 (48%) reported engaging in a disorderly income generation activity in the previous six months. In multivariate analyses, engaging in disorderly income generation activities was independently associated with high intensity stimulant use, as well as binge drug use, having encounters with police, being a victim of violence, sharing used syringes, and injecting in public areas. Among those engaged in disorderly income generation, 198 (47%) reported a willingness to forgo these income sources if given opportunities for low-threshold employment, with sex workers being most willing to engage in alternative employment.
Conclusion: Engagement in disorderly street-based income generation activities was associated with high intensity stimulant drug use and various markers of risk. We found that a high proportion of illicit drug users were willing to cease engagement in these activities if they had options for causal low-threshold employment. These findings indicate that there is a high demand for low-threshold employment that may offer important opportunities to reduce drug-related street disorder and associated harms. |
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in International Journal of Drug Policy > Vol.22, n°5 (September 2011) . - 376-384
[article] Interest in low-threshold employment among people who inject illicit drugs: Implications for street disorder [] / T. KERR ; J. MONTANER ; D. McARTHUR ; E. FU ; J. QI ; E. WOOD ; K. DEBECK . - September 2011 . - 376-384. Analyse en français par F. Lert : Swaps 2011, n°65, p.13-14 <http://www.pistes.fr/swaps/65.htm> Langues : Anglais ( eng) in International Journal of Drug Policy > Vol.22, n°5 (September 2011) . - 376-384
| Catégories : |
A HISTOIRE - Pays et ensemble de pays:Ensembles économiques:Pays de l'OCDE:Canada ; C ECONOMIE - ECONOMIE SOCIALE ET SOLIDAIRE:Economie:Revenu et richesse:Répartition du revenu:Revenu Income of an individual or an organization. Otherwise use "national income". ; C ECONOMIE - ECONOMIE SOCIALE ET SOLIDAIRE:Travail:Emploi ; F POPULATIONS - ETUDES DE CAS:Problèmes sociaux:Problème social:Prostitution
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| Mots-clés : |
DRUG USER USAGER EMPLOYMENT INCOME DEALER REVENDEUR PROSPECTIVE STUDY ETUDE PROSPECTIVE ILLICIT SUBSTANCE PRODUIT ILLICITE |
| Index. décimale : |
SHS Sciences humaines et sociales / Human and social sciences |
| Résumé : |
Background: Income generation opportunities available to people who use illicit drugs have been associated with street disorder. Among a cohort of injection drug users (IDU) we sought to examine street-based income generation practices and willingness to forgo these sources of income if other low-threshold work opportunities were made available.
Methods: Data were derived from a prospective community recruited cohort of IDU. We assessed the prevalence of engaging in disorderly street-based income generation activities, including sex work, drug dealing, panhandling, and recycling/salvaging/vending. Using multivariate logistic regressions based on Akaike information criterion and the best subset selection procedure, we identified factors associated with disorderly income generation activities, and assessed willingness to forgo these sources of income during the period of November 2008 to July 2009.
Results: Among our sample of 874 IDU, 418 (48%) reported engaging in a disorderly income generation activity in the previous six months. In multivariate analyses, engaging in disorderly income generation activities was independently associated with high intensity stimulant use, as well as binge drug use, having encounters with police, being a victim of violence, sharing used syringes, and injecting in public areas. Among those engaged in disorderly income generation, 198 (47%) reported a willingness to forgo these income sources if given opportunities for low-threshold employment, with sex workers being most willing to engage in alternative employment.
Conclusion: Engagement in disorderly street-based income generation activities was associated with high intensity stimulant drug use and various markers of risk. We found that a high proportion of illicit drug users were willing to cease engagement in these activities if they had options for causal low-threshold employment. These findings indicate that there is a high demand for low-threshold employment that may offer important opportunities to reduce drug-related street disorder and associated harms. |
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https://cs.iut.univ-tours.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=120086 |
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