title: Measuring Altruistic and Solidaristic Orientations Toward Others Among People Who Inject Drugs.
abstract: The altruism and/or solidarity of people who inject drugs helps protect sex and drug partners from HIV. Research has been hindered by lack of measures. We developed and administered scales to assess them to 300 people who inject drugs. Altruism and Solidarity Scales were both internally consistent. Each correlated significantly with measures of helping others. These measures appear reliable and valid. They can be used to study how big events or structural interventions affect altruism and solidarity, and how altruism and solidarity are associated with changes in HIV or other risks, among people who inject drugs.
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Infectious Disease Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Samuel R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Enrique R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Pouget
authors.forename: Milagros
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandoval
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Georgios K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Nikolopoulos
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mateu-Gelabert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D001294:Attitude to Health; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012919:Social Behavior; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Altruism; HIV; big events; injection drug users (IDUs), people who inject drugs; measures; prevention; solidarity; structural interventions