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Article de Périodique
Lives of Substance: a mixed-method evaluation of a public information website on addiction experiences (2019)
Auteur(s) :
TRELOAR, C. ;
PIENAAR, K. ;
DILKES-FRAYNE, E. ;
FRASER, S.
Année
2019
Page(s) :
140-147
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
EVALUATION
;
INTERNET
;
INFORMATION
;
TEMOIGNAGE
;
STIGMATISATION
Thésaurus géographique
AUSTRALIE
Résumé :
Aims: The Lives of Substance (LoS) website presents personal experiences of drug use and 'addiction' in people's own words as part of a larger project of complicating public discourses of addiction, countering stigmatising misconceptions and acting as an intervention in the social production of addiction. This article presents the findings of a mixed-method evaluation of the website, and comments on some of the methodological and practical challenges of evaluating health-related online information resources.
Method: Three data sources were used to examine such as the reach of the website (website analytics); experiences of the website audience (responses to an evaluation survey on the website); and other indicators of use and impact (including social media referrals and organisational links).
Results: In the 10-week evaluation period, 3970 unique users visited the website. Comments provided via the online survey endorsed the website as a means of challenging stereotypes and as presenting drug use as only a 'part of a person's whole life'. Twenty-four organisations had linked to the website and 987 social media referrals were recorded.
Conclusion: These data indicate that the LoS website is having some success as a resource for countering addiction-related stigma and offering more holistic and inclusive social understandings of addiction.
Method: Three data sources were used to examine such as the reach of the website (website analytics); experiences of the website audience (responses to an evaluation survey on the website); and other indicators of use and impact (including social media referrals and organisational links).
Results: In the 10-week evaluation period, 3970 unique users visited the website. Comments provided via the online survey endorsed the website as a means of challenging stereotypes and as presenting drug use as only a 'part of a person's whole life'. Twenty-four organisations had linked to the website and 987 social media referrals were recorded.
Conclusion: These data indicate that the LoS website is having some success as a resource for countering addiction-related stigma and offering more holistic and inclusive social understandings of addiction.
Affiliation :
Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH), UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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