The ethnographic accessing, sampling and screening of hidden populations: Heroin sniffers in New York City
The ethnographic accessing, sampling and screening of hidden populations: Heroin sniffers in New York City
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DOI：
10.3109/16066350109141130
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Neaigus, A
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作者：
Sifaneck, SJ;Neaigus, A
本文讨论了人种学方法在纽约市非注射海洛因使用者(NIU)中艾滋病毒风险和向注射过渡的队列研究中使用的各种方法。在流行病学问卷调查和生物标本采集的准备工作中，采用人种学方法探讨了海洛因非注射和注射给药途径对国家吸毒者的意义，非注射海洛因使用如何融入吸毒者的日常生活，以及吸毒者与海洛因零售市场的关系。这项研究使用了不同的人种学技术来获取、采样和筛选海洛因“嗅探者”，以进行流行病学调查。这些技术包括人种学访问、有针对性的拉票和互动筛选。文章的结论是，人种学方法可以与流行病学调查研究有效地结合在一起，对于在非制度化的、“隐藏的”吸毒者群体中进行研究是必要的。
This article discusses various ways in which ethnographic methods were employed in a cohort study of HIV risk and transitions to injecting among non-injecting heroin users (NIUs), or 'sniffers', in New York City. In preparation for and in conjunction with an epidemiologic questionnaire survey and biological specimen collection, ethnographic methods were used to explore the meaning of non-injecting and injecting routes of heroin administration for NIUs, how non-injecting heroin use was imbedded in the everyday life of the user, and the relationship of users to the retail markets for heroin. The study utilised different ethnographic techniques to access, sample, and screen heroin 'sniffers' for the epidemiologic survey. These techniques included ethnographic accessing, targeted canvassing, and interactive screening. The article concludes that ethnographic methods can be fruitfully integrated with epidemiologic survey research and are necessary for conducting research among non-institutionalised, 'hidden' populations of drug users.