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Characteristics of heroin and cocaine users unknown to treatment agencies. Results from the Swiss Hidden population study

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  • Dominique Hausser
  • Daniel Kübler
  • Françoise Dubois-Arber

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Cet article compare les caractéristiques des consommateurs d'héroine ou de cocaine qui ne sont pas en traitement pour leur consommation de drogue. Un échantillon de 917 consommateurs d'héroïne et/ou de cocaine a été recruté et interviewé par 31 “Interlocuteurs Privilégiés”. Un groupe de 512 consommateurs d'héroïne et/ou de cocaïne hors traitement est comparé a un groupe contrôle de 238 consommateurs actuellement en traitement. Les répondants hors traitement consomment moins fréquemment des drogues, et sont plus rarement des personnes qui s'injectent des drogues. Ils ont un mode de consommation plus sociable et on davantage l'impression de contrôler leur consommation. Ils sont aussi moins en contact avec la justice et la police, se trouvent en situation sociale plus favorable et s'estiment en meilleure santé. Dans les deux groupes les répondants qui consomment principalement l'héroïne ont un mode de consommation plus problématique que ceux qui consomment principalement de la cocaïne. Les comportements actuels à risque pour le VIH des deux groupes sont identiques. On ne trouve pas d'association entre la durée de consommation et des indicateurs d'un mode de consommation problématique. Ces résultats confortent l'hypothèse que les consommateurs de drogues hors traitement (“cachés”)_et ceux en traitement sont des populations distinctes, en termes de profil de consommation et de prévalence de problèmes sociaux ou sanitaires associés. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag 1999

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  • Dominique Hausser & Daniel Kübler & Françoise Dubois-Arber, 1999. "Characteristics of heroin and cocaine users unknown to treatment agencies. Results from the Swiss Hidden population study," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 44(5), pages 222-232, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:44:y:1999:i:5:p:222-232
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01341495
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    1. Helmut Knolle, 1997. "Zunehmender Heroin-und Kokainkonsum in der Schweiz seit 1990: Anwendung eines verallgemeinerten Poisson-Ansatzes auf Anzeigedaten," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 42(2), pages 105-113, March.
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