TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration
JO  - Public health reports (1974)
A1  - Galea, Sandro
A1  - Vlahov, David
SP  - S135
EP  - S145
VL  - 117 
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - OBJECTIVES: This article reviews the evidence on the adverse health consequences of low socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration among drug users. OBSERVATIONS: Social and economic factors shape risk behavior and the health of drug users. They affect health indirectly by shaping individual drug-use behavior; they affect health directly by affecting the availability of resources, access to social welfare systems, marginalization, and compliance with medication. Minority groups experience a disproportionately high level of the social factors that adversely affect health, factors that contribute to disparities in health among drug users. CONCLUSION: Public health interventions aimed at improving the health of drug users must address the social factors that accompany and exacerbate the health consequences of illicit drug use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-3549
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -