Social Networks, Drug Injectors’ Lives, and HIV/AIDS

• Main Authors: Friedman, Samuel R. (Author), Curtis, Richard (Author), Neaigus, Alan (Author), Jose, Benny (Author), Jarlais, Don C. Des (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Infectious Diseases.

Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS recognizes HIV as a socially structured disease - its transmission usually requires intimate contact between individuals - and shows how social networks shape high-risk behaviors and the spread of HIV. The authors recount the groundbreaking u...