Historique
Périodique
Needle exchange : the Vancouver experience
(Echange de seringues : l'expérience de Vancouver)
Auteur(s) :
ASHTON, M.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
445-460
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
89
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ECHANGE DE SERINGUES
;
EFFICACITE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
ACCES AUX SOINS
;
POLITIQUE
;
HEPATITE
;
VIH
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
PRECARITE
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Note générale :
Addiction Research and Theory, 2004, 12, (5), 445-460
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Hepatitis C is spreading rapidly in many areas despite the existence of needle exchange services. An extended case study of the hepatitis C and HIV epidemics in Vancouver, which at the time hosted the largest-volume needle exchange in North America, illustrates how adverse social, housing and economic conditions compounded by an upsurge in cocaine injecting can overwhelm restricted needle exchange provision. Together with other work, it suggests the need for far greater support for and investment in needle exchange, for a more interventionist but still 'low threshold' working style, and, in partnership with injectors' for harnessing injectors' social networks to extend risk reduction. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
editor@drugandalcoholfindings.org
Canada. Canada.
Canada. Canada.