@article {5355,
	title = {Attitudes toward medication-assisted treatment among fishermen in Kuantan, Malaysia, who inject drugs.},
	journal = {Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016 Jul 12},
	pages = {1-17},
	abstract = {Fishermen who inject drugs represent an understudied group at high risk for HIV in Malaysia. This study describes fishing, drug use, and attitudes toward medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders. Thirty-four male ethnic Malay fishermen completed semistructured interviews analyzed by content analysis. Analysis revealed four themes surrounding opioids, which they called ubat ("medicine"): (a) the fishing lifestyle facilitating substance use, (b) previous unsuccessful attempts to quit, (c) categorizing substances as haram or halal, and (d) attitudes toward MAT. Fishermen{\textquoteright}s environment permits substance use, including injecting drugs on boats. Fishermen expressed more positive attitudes toward methadone and negative attitudes toward buprenorphine.},
	issn = {1533-2659},
	doi = {10.1080/15332640.2016.1196632 },
	author = {Brown, Shan-Estelle and Wickersham, Jeffrey A and Pelletier, Alyssa R and Marcus, Ruthanne M and Erenrich, Rebecca and Kamarulzaman, Adeeba and Altice, Frederick L}
}
