Title

Place And Space: The Where And Why Of Drug-Use Location Among Rural African American Women

Keywords

Children; Drug-use location; Qualitative research; Risk reduction; Rural African American women

Abstract

Increasing drug use among rural African American women and its effect on children warrants investigation. This article describes drug-use locations of rural African American women who use cocaine and construct their lives to conceal it from children. During 4 years, a 30-respondent ethnography was conducted. Data from in-depth interviews and field notes were analyzed for recurrent themes and patterns of drug-use location using NVivo. Most respondents with children used most often outside their households. One third (n = 10) used within their households when children were away or in designated spaces off limits to children. More respondents (n = 11) without children at home used in non-designated spaces; in contrast, few respondents (n = 2) with children at home used in non-designated spaces within the household. Most respondents thought they were successful at concealing their cocaine use. Implications for choice of space and place of drug use for themselves and their children are discussed. © 2006 Sage Publications.

Publication Date

5-1-2006

Publication Title

Journal of Family Nursing

Volume

12

Issue

2

Number of Pages

185-200

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840706288245

Socpus ID

33646055504 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33646055504

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