Uptake of wheel-filtration among clients of a supervised injecting facility: Can structured education work?
Autor: | Ian Flaherty, Nick van Breda, Maureen Steele, Edmund Silins, Sarah Hiley, Marianne Jauncey |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Harm reduction Health (social science) business.industry 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) medicine.disease Structured education Substance abuse 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Work (electrical) Family medicine Supervised Injecting Facility SAFER Pharmaceutical opioid medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Psychiatry business human activities Oxycodone medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Drug and Alcohol Review. 37:116-120 |
ISSN: | 0959-5236 |
Popis: | INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Wheel-filtration of pharmaceutical opioid tablets is a recognised harm reduction strategy, but uptake of the practice among people who inject drugs is low. The study aimed to: (i) examine perceptions of filtration practices; (ii) provide structured education on wheel-filtration; and (iii) assess uptake of the practice. DESIGN AND METHODS Frequent opioid tablet injectors (n = 30) attending a supervised injecting facility in Sydney, Australia, received hands-on instruction on wheel-filtration based on recommended practice. Pre-education, post-education and follow-up questionnaires were administered. RESULTS Wheel-filtration was generally regarded as better than cotton-filtration (the typical method) in terms of perceived effects on health, ease of use and overall drug effect. Sixty-eight percent of those who said they would try wheel-filtration after the education had actually done so. Of those who usually used cotton-filtration, over half (60%) had used wheel-filtration two weeks later. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Uptake of safer preparation methods for pharmaceutical opioid tablets increases after structured education in wheel-filtration. Findings suggest that SIFs are an effective site for this kind of education. Supervised injecting facility workers are uniquely positioned to provide harm reduction education at the time of injection. [Steele M, Silins E, Flaherty I, Hiley S, van Breda N, Jauncey M. Uptake of wheel-filtration among clients of a supervised injecting facility: Can structured education work? Drug Alcohol Rev 2018;37:116-120]. |
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