Titre :
|
Preventing hepatitis C : Common sense'the bug'and other perspectives from the risk narratives of people who inject drugs. (2004)
|
Auteurs :
|
Mark DAVIS ;
Anthea Martin ;
Tim RHODES ;
Imperial College London. Department of Social Science and Medicine. Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour. London. GBR
|
Type de document :
|
Article
|
Dans :
|
Social science and medicine (vol. 59, n° 9, 2004)
|
Pagination :
|
1807-1818
|
Langues:
|
Anglais
|
Mots-clés :
|
Hépatite virale C
;
Virose
;
Infection
;
Prévention santé
;
Facteur risque
;
Risque
;
Médicament
;
Sida
;
VIH
;
Rétrovirus
;
Virus
;
Royaume Uni
;
Europe
;
Europe sociale
;
Attitude
;
Homme
;
Appareil digestif [pathologie]
;
Foie [pathologie]
|
Résumé :
|
[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS FR0xfVAF. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. There is little published research about how people who inject drugs are responding to the hepatitis C epidemic. This study seeks to address the prevention of hepatitis C using qualitative interviews with people who inject drugs in London. We explored narratives about risk reduction and hepatitis C in the social and historical context of other risks such as HIV, vein damage and overdose. Themes of the narratives included : the importance of autonomy in the acquisition of safer injecting skills ; that safer injection was regarded as'common sense'normalised and predicated on the risk of HIV ; that hepatitis C risk was relativised with HIV risk and thereby seen as less important ; and that hepatitis C infection was also seen as unavoidable. These narrative forms represent significant challenges for the management of the hepatitis C epidemic, both in terms of the existing risk reduction efforts designed for HIV and in terms of the articulation of risk reduction for injectors with general public health policy.
|