0556/2016 - Semelhanças e contrastes nos padrões de uso de crack em santa catarina: capital vs. Meio oeste. Similarities and differences in crack cocaine using patterns in santa catarina: capital vs. Midwest.
Objeto: O crack é um problema relevante de saúde pública no Brasil contemporâneo, em função dos danos e riscos individuais e sociais secundários ao seu uso/abuso. Objetivo: Descrever características das cenas de uso de crack na Capital e Meio-Oeste de Santa Catarina. Metodologia: O projeto se valeu da metodologia Time-Location Sampling. Em janeiro/junho de 2011, foram mapeadas 41 cenas de uso de crack na Capital e 33 no Meio-Oeste catarinense. Após seleção aleatória das cenas a serem observadas, foram sorteados os dias e turnos em que estas seriam observadas em detalhe, totalizando 98 cenas/turno na Capital e 62 no Meio-Oeste. As observações foram registradas em caderno de campo, analisadas via análise de conteúdo de Bardin e discutidas à luz da literatura nacional e internacional. Resultados: Os usuários de crack entrevistados eram majoritariamente adultos do sexo masculino, com uma maior associação entre estar em situação de rua e consumir a droga na Capital. Enquanto no Meio-Oeste a maioria das cenas estavam ativas no período noturno, na Capital, apresentaram-se ativas em todos os períodos. Foram identificadas práticas de risco associadas ao uso do crack, como uso prejudicial de múltiplas drogas, compartilhamento de cachimbos/outros apetrechos para fumar (e.g. latas) e sexo em troca da substância ou dinheiro.
Palavras-chave:
CrackDanos secundários ao consumo de drogasEstudos qualitativos
Abstract:
Background: Crack cocaine has been a major public health problem in contemporary Brazil, in consequence of individual and social harms and risks secondary to its use & misuse. Aim: To assess the characteristics of drug scenes in the capital and Midwest of Santa Catarina state. Methods: The project used Time-Location Sampling. Between January and June 2011, 41 crack cocaine scenes were mapped in Santa Catarina’s capital, as 33 were mapped in its Midwest. Such scenes were randomly ed, as well as their days and shifts (time periods/day) for in-depth observation. Overall, 98 scenes/shifts were observed in the capital and 62 in the Midwest. First-hand reports were logged as field notes into notebooks. Analyses of the empirical material were based on Bardin’s content analysis, and findings were compared and contrasted with Brazilian and international literature. Results: Most interviewees were adult males. In the capital, a substantial fraction of the users lived in the streets and in both settings most interviewees were polydrug users. In the Midwest, most scenes functioned at night, as in the capital scenes remained active around the clock. Risk practices comprise the harmful use of multiple substances, the shared use of pipes (and other devices such as cans), exchange of sex for substances or cash.
Similarities and differences in crack cocaine using patterns in santa catarina: capital vs. Midwest.
Resumo (abstract):
Background: Crack cocaine has been a major public health problem in contemporary Brazil, in consequence of individual and social harms and risks secondary to its use & misuse. Aim: To assess the characteristics of drug scenes in the capital and Midwest of Santa Catarina state. Methods: The project used Time-Location Sampling. Between January and June 2011, 41 crack cocaine scenes were mapped in Santa Catarina’s capital, as 33 were mapped in its Midwest. Such scenes were randomly ed, as well as their days and shifts (time periods/day) for in-depth observation. Overall, 98 scenes/shifts were observed in the capital and 62 in the Midwest. First-hand reports were logged as field notes into notebooks. Analyses of the empirical material were based on Bardin’s content analysis, and findings were compared and contrasted with Brazilian and international literature. Results: Most interviewees were adult males. In the capital, a substantial fraction of the users lived in the streets and in both settings most interviewees were polydrug users. In the Midwest, most scenes functioned at night, as in the capital scenes remained active around the clock. Risk practices comprise the harmful use of multiple substances, the shared use of pipes (and other devices such as cans), exchange of sex for substances or cash.
ZEFERINO, MARIA TEREZINHA, Fermo, Vivian Costa, Fialho, Marcelo Brandt, Bastos, F.I.. Semelhanças e contrastes nos padrões de uso de crack em santa catarina: capital vs. Meio oeste.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Nov). [Citado em 09/11/2024].
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