TY - JOUR
T1 - Writing about Risk
T2 - Use of Daily Diaries in Understanding Drug-User Risk Behaviors
AU - Stopka, Thomas J.
AU - Springer, Kristen W.
AU - Khoshnood, Kaveh
AU - Shaw, Susan
AU - Singer, Merrill
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Claudia Santelices, Glenn Scott, Mark Kinzly, Kevin Irwin, Anthony Givens, Rasika Jaya, Anna Marie Nicolaysen, Julie Eiserman, George Barton, and Cara Siano for their efforts in recruiting participants and collecting data during various stages of the research. We also acknowledge the support and guidance provided by Drs. David Buchanan and Robert Heimer throughout the duration of the study. We thank two anonymous reviewers whose comments and suggestions added substantially to the final version of this paper. Finally, and most importantly, we are indebted to the participants who shared their day-to-day activities and thoughts with us. Funding for this research was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse grant # RO1 DA12569, Merrill Singer, Principal Investigator.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - As part of a larger syringe access and HIV risk study, a subsample of 23 current injection drug users completed daily diaries, highlighting activities related to syringe acquisition, use, and discard. Diaries have been previously utilized in a variety of psychological, public health, and nutrition studies to assess risk as well as correlated behaviors. We piloted the diary methodology in three northeastern U.S. cities (Hartford and New Haven, CT, and Springfield, MA) to learn about correlates of HIV risk. We discovered that the method provided advantages over several other qualitative and ethnographic methods. Results indicate that daily diaries elucidated (1) patterns of injection drug use, (2) sporadic and high-risk events, (3) HIV and hepatitis risk related to the syringe life cycle, and (4) emotional correlates of drug use. Furthermore, we witnessed an unexpected intervention effect that the diary may have in the lives of drug users.
AB - As part of a larger syringe access and HIV risk study, a subsample of 23 current injection drug users completed daily diaries, highlighting activities related to syringe acquisition, use, and discard. Diaries have been previously utilized in a variety of psychological, public health, and nutrition studies to assess risk as well as correlated behaviors. We piloted the diary methodology in three northeastern U.S. cities (Hartford and New Haven, CT, and Springfield, MA) to learn about correlates of HIV risk. We discovered that the method provided advantages over several other qualitative and ethnographic methods. Results indicate that daily diaries elucidated (1) patterns of injection drug use, (2) sporadic and high-risk events, (3) HIV and hepatitis risk related to the syringe life cycle, and (4) emotional correlates of drug use. Furthermore, we witnessed an unexpected intervention effect that the diary may have in the lives of drug users.
KW - Diaries
KW - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW - Injection drug users
KW - Qualitative
KW - Substance use
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U2 - 10.1023/B:AIBE.0000017527.25533.f4
DO - 10.1023/B:AIBE.0000017527.25533.f4
M3 - Article
C2 - 15146135
AN - SCOPUS:1842480606
SN - 1090-7165
VL - 8
SP - 73
EP - 85
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
IS - 1
ER -