Illicit drug use research in Latin America: Epidemiology, service use, and HIV
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The purpose of this article is to review the research status of illicit drug use and its data sources in Latin America, with particular attention to the research that has been produced in the past 15 years in epidemiology of illicit drug use, services utilization, and relationship between HIV and drug use. This article complements the series of articles that are published in this same volume which examine drug abuse research (epidemiology, prevention, and treatment) and HIV prevention in Latinos residing in the United States. This review resulted from extensive international and national searches using the following databases: Current Contents Connect, Social and Behavioral Sciences; EBSCO; EMBASE(R) Psychiatry; Evidence Based Medicine (through OVID); Medline, Neurosciences, PsychINFO, Pubmed, BIREME/PAHO/WHO - Virtual Health Library, and SciELO. Papers selected for further review included those published in Spanish, English, and Portuguese in peer-reviewed journals. From the evidence reviewed, it was found that the published research literature is heavily concentrated on descriptive epidemiologic surveys, providing primarily prevalence rates and general information on associated factors. Evidence on patterns of service delivery and HIV prevention and treatment is limited. The cumulative scope of this research clearly indicates variability in quantity and quality of research across Latin American nations and the need for greater uniformity in data collection elements, methodologies, and the creation of international collaborative research networks. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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http://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/5175https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.05.010
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Fecha
2006Autor
Nivel de acceso
acceso cerrado
Nombre de la Rev. [SO]
Drug and alcohol dependence
Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND
Volumen [VL], Número [SU], Paginación [PG]
84 (1) p85-p93 p. versión del editor
Idioma [LA]
eng
Tipo de documento [TP]
article
DOI [DO]
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.05.010