Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the drug-using behavioral patterns,
drug abusers¡¦ cognition and inner-containment, the causes of HIV infection, the
relationship between drug abuse and HIV infection, and the acceptable degree of
the government¡¦s harm reduction program.
This study adopted quantitative research design. A total number of 1083 (37.2%
samples had HIV-infected) male drug abusers, whom sampled correctional
institutions, including the drug treatment center, prison and detention house in
Taiwan, were surveyed with self-reported questionnaire. Statistical methods,
including descriptive analysis, Chi-square, t-test, Pearson correlation analysis and
one-way ANOVA, were applied to proof the hypothesis of this study.
The findings were as follows:
I. The proportion of drug-using kin of drug abusers was up to 23.8%. According
to the analysis, the proportion of drug-using siblings was 10.2%, cousins was
4.9%.
II. Non-injecting drug users (NIDUS) had lower tendency in drug craving than
injecting drug users (IDUS), but had higher tendency in inner-containment than
IDUS. Therefore, increasing IDUS¡¦ confidence and coping skills to deal with
craving is important element of relapse prevention program. IDUS had lower
ability of abstinence, so they should be the prior client of harm reduction
program to decrease the harm from drug injection.
III. 52% samples used to needle-sharing would still have needle-sharing
behaviors when facing drug craving. The key factor of sharing behaviors was
they don¡¦t know how to resist the craving and urge of using drugs. Correcting
drug users¡¦ irrational belief could aid in decreasing the craving for drug.
Therefore, drug abusers whom don¡¦t have strong coping response and
concept about the damage of drug abuse should be instructed stress
management abilities and cognitive modification in drug treatment to
effectively prevent relapse.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0624108-120615 |
| Date | 24 June 2008 |
| Creators | Chen, Sian-jhang |
| Contributors | Jhen-heng Jiang, Yu-kang Lee, Shih-jye Wu, Chyi-lu Jang |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0624108-120615 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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