{"product_id":"social-networks-drug-injectors-lives-samuel-r-friedman-9780306460791","title":"Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV\/AIDS","description":"\u003cem\u003eSocial Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV\/AIDS\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e The authors recount the groundbreaking use of social network methods, ethnographic direct-observation techniques, and in-depth interviews in their study of a drug-using community in Brooklyn, New York. They provide a detailed documentary of the lives of community members. They describe drug-use, the affects of poverty and homelessness, the acquisition of money and drugs, and social relationships within the group. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eSocial Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV\/AIDS\u003c\/em\u003e shows that social networks and contexts are of crucial importance in understanding and fighting the AIDS epidemic. These findings should revitalize prevention efforts and reshape social policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel R. Friedman,Richard Curtis,Alan Neaigus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306460793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306460791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.10w x 0.81d","brand":"Samuel R. Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47420939043071,"sku":"9780306460791","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4a787b7-6c6b-44e1-96da-1ce81623818c.jpg?v=1761526487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-networks-drug-injectors-lives-samuel-r-friedman-9780306460791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}