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
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
33646055504 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33646055504
STARS Citation
Brown, Emma J. and Smith, Frances B., "Place And Space: The Where And Why Of Drug-Use Location Among Rural African American Women" (2006). Scopus Export 2000s. 8408.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/8408