With God's help i can do it: crack users? Formal and informal recovery experiences in El Salvador. Subst Use Misuse 2011;46(4):426-39
Date
08/26/2010Pubmed ID
20735191Pubmed Central ID
PMC3704222DOI
10.3109/10826084.2010.495762Scopus ID
2-s2.0-79951567410 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 9 CitationsAbstract
Crack use has increased dramatically in El Salvador in the last few decades. As with other developing countries with sudden onsets of drug problems, El Salvador has few medical staff trained in addictions treatment. Little research has examined drug users? attempts to reduce or abstain from drug use in countries where government-regulated formal medical treatment for drug addiction is scarce. This paper uses qualitative and quantitative data gathered from active crack users to explore their formal and informal strategies to reduce or abstain from drugs, and compares these with components of informal and formal treatment in developed countries.
Author List
Dickson-Gomez J, Bodnar G, Guevara CE, Rodriguez K, De Mendoza LR, Corbett AMAuthor
Julia Dickson-Gomez PhD Professor in the Institute for Health and Humanity department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Cocaine-Related DisordersCrack Cocaine
Developing Countries
El Salvador
Faith Healing
Health Services Accessibility
Health Surveys
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Religion and Medicine
