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AIDS and Behavior
Published in: AIDS and Behavior 5/2010

01-10-2010 | Original Paper

Social-Level Correlates of Shooting Gallery Attendance: A Focus on Networks and Norms

Authors: Karin E. Tobin, Melissa Davey-Rothwell, Carl A. Latkin

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 5/2010

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between social network characteristics and peer norms related to sharing needles and shooting gallery use. Multivariate logistic regression modeling was used to identify factors that were independently associated with shooting gallery use among a sample of injection drug users recruited in Baltimore, Maryland. Of 842 study participants, 35% reported attending a shooting gallery in the past 6 months. Social networks of shooting gallery users were larger, had a greater number of injectors and crack smokers, were younger and less dense with fewer kin members compared to networks of non-gallery attenders. A greater proportion of those who used a gallery perceived that their peers shared needles and that peers would not disapprove if they used a dirty needle. Future research is needed to understand how social networks and peer norms are specific to behavioral settings and how this may impede adoption of preventive behaviors.
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Metadata
Title
Social-Level Correlates of Shooting Gallery Attendance: A Focus on Networks and Norms
Authors
Karin E. Tobin
Melissa Davey-Rothwell
Carl A. Latkin
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-010-9670-7

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