Titre : | Lives of Substance: a mixed-method evaluation of a public information website on addiction experiences (2019) |
Auteurs : | C. TRELOAR ; K. PIENAAR ; E. DILKES-FRAYNE ; S. FRASER |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Vol.26, n°2, April 2019) |
Article en page(s) : | 140-147 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | PRE (Prévention - RdRD / Prevention - Harm reduction) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés EVALUATION ; INTERNET ; INFORMATION ; TEMOIGNAGE ; STIGMATISATIONThésaurus 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. |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH), UNSW, Sydney, Australia |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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