IDU NETWORK AS REVEALED BY NEEDLE EXCHANGE DATA

描述：（申请人摘要） 本研究的目的是绘制和分析注射网络， 根据针头交换数据构建的吸毒者（IDUs）。 IDU针头 然后，网络将用于（1）研究网络特性如何 与人口统计学、药物使用和HIV风险相关行为共变;（2） 确定IDU网络的稳定性和动态性，同时注意 针具交换本身的影响;（3）模拟HIV传播 基于同一研究中的网络测量的动态。 将条形码针头与接收和返回的个人相匹配 针交换针允许针交易的构造， 交换网络，这是主要数据源的建议 调查 我们的主要目的是展示针头交换数据 可用于构建IDU网络，并使用这些网络 构造/变量来理解IDU行为。 这些“针网” 代表针交易过程，如出售，交易，交换， 借出/借用，寻找，也许分享或针头。 不过， 重要的是确定理论，方法和计算机 针网络的编程方面，本建议还涉及如何 针头网络受到影响，影响吸毒和艾滋病毒风险行为。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) The purpose of this study is to map and analyze the networks of Injection Drug Users (IDUs) constructed from the needle exchange data. The IDU needle networks are then to be used to (1) investigate how network properties co-vary with demographic, drug use and HIV risk-related behavior; (2) determine the stability and dynamic of IDU networks with attention to the influence of the needle exchange itself; (3) simulate HIV transmission dynamics based on network measures within the same study. The matching of barcoded needles to individuals who receive and return needle exchange needles permits the construction of a needle transaction and interchange network that is the primary data source for the proposed investigation. Our major purpose is to demonstrate how needle exchange data may be used to construct IDU networks and to use these network constructs/variables to understand IDU behavior. These "needle networks" represent needle transaction processes such as selling, trading, swapping, lending/borrowing, finding and perhaps sharing or needles. Although, it is important to determine the theoretical, methodological and computer programming aspects of needle networks, this proposal also addresses how needle networks are influenced and influence drug use and HIV-risk behavior.