Changes in time-use and drug use by young adults in poor neighbourhoods of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the political transitions of 2001-2002: Results of a survey.
Changes in time-use and drug use by young adults in poor neighbourhoods of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the political transitions of 2001-2002: Results of a survey.
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DOI：
10.1186/1477-7517-8-2
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发表时间：
2011-01-20
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Friedman SR
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作者：
Rossi D;Zunino Singh D;Pawlowicz MP;Touzé G;Bolyard M;Mateu-Gelabert P;Sandoval M;Friedman SR
在一些国家，在危机和过渡等“重大事件”之后，吸毒、注射吸毒和艾滋病毒/艾滋病大量增加。阿根廷在2001/2002年经历了经济危机和政治过渡，影响了人们如何利用时间。本文研究如何使用时间的变化，2001年和2004年之间，继这些事件，与毒品消费在大布宜诺斯艾利斯的贫困社区。2003-2004年，向居住在大布宜诺斯艾利斯受毒品影响的贫困社区的68名目前注射毒品使用者和235名年龄在21-35岁的年轻非注射毒品使用者询问了当时和2001年的时间使用情况。对每周工作或找工作、做家务/照顾孩子、吸毒、与朋友在一起以及在附近闲逛的时间与吸毒时间的关系进行了研究。还进行了实地观察和重点小组讨论。2001年以后，在注射吸毒者和非注射吸毒者中，每周平均工作时间显著减少（特别是在注射吸毒者中）;找工作时间增加，与朋友在一起和在附近闲逛的时间减少。我们发现，2001年以后，注射或非注射毒品消费量没有增加。受危机导致工作时间减少和/或找工作时间增加的方式影响最大的受试者-以及在社区呆的时间增加的受试者-最有可能增加他们使用药物的时间。时间使用方法有助于研究药物使用的变化及其与日常生活活动的关系。在这些以前受毒品影响的街区，阿根廷危机并没有导致毒品使用的增加，这与我们最初的预期有些矛盾。然而，对于那些因危机而减少工作时间、增加找工作时间和增加在室内或室外邻里环境中花费时间的人来说，使用毒品的时间可能会更多。这些数据表明，传统上不那么贫困的社区的年轻人可能比以前受毒品影响的贫困社区的年轻人更容易受到重大事件的影响。由于大事件将继续发生，因此需要研究决定其后遗症的途径。
In some countries, "Big Events" like crises and transitions have been followed by large increases in drug use, drug injection and HIV/AIDS. Argentina experienced an economic crisis and political transition in 2001/2002 that affected how people use their time. This paper studies how time use changes between years 2001 and 2004, subsequent to these events, were associated with drug consumption in poor neighbourhoods of Greater Buenos Aires. In 2003-2004, 68 current injecting drug users (IDUs) and 235 young non-IDUs, aged 21-35, who lived in impoverished drug-impacted neighbourhoods in Greater Buenos Aires, were asked about time use then and in 2001. Data on weekly hours spent working or looking for work, doing housework/childcare, consuming drugs, being with friends, and hanging out in the neighbourhood, were studied in relation to time spent using drugs. Field observations and focus groups were also conducted. After 2001, among both IDUs and non-IDUs, mean weekly time spent working declined significantly (especially among IDUs); time spent looking for work increased, and time spent with friends and hanging out in the neighbourhood decreased. We found no increase in injecting or non-injecting drug consumption after 2001. Subjects most affected by the way the crises led to decreased work time and/or to increased time looking for work--and by the associated increase in time spent in one's neighbourhood--were most likely to increase their time using drugs. Time use methods are useful to study changes in drug use and their relationships to every day life activities. In these previously-drug-impacted neighbourhoods, the Argentinean crisis did not lead to an increase in drug use, which somewhat contradicts our initial expectations. Nevertheless, those for whom the crises led to decreased work time, increased time looking for work, and increased time spent in indoor or outdoor neighbourhood environments, were likely to spend more time using drugs. These data suggest that young adults in traditionally less-impoverished neighbourhoods may be more vulnerable to Big Events than those in previously drug-impacted impoverished neighbourhoods. Since Big Events will continue to occur, research on the pathways that determine their sequelae is needed.