Abstract
“The Social Context of Crack Use and Related Sexual Risk in El Salvador” study was designed to increase knowledge of the locations where drugs are consumed in urban San Salvador, the social dynamics within such sites, and their implications for HIV risk and prevention efforts. In-depth interviews with crack smokers reveal several different types of sites where drugs are consumed and risky sex may occur including trances (generally houses where crack is sold and consumed), brothels, motels, drug users' own homes, abandoned buildings, the street, parks, or cantinas. These range from private sites, where site “gatekeepers” strictly control access, to public sites where access is more open. However, even in more public sites there is considerable social interaction, rules regarding site usage, and in some cases gatekeeper control of the site. Social dynamics already normative at drug use sites may support a site-based, peer-led intervention approach.
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