Research and Development Focusing on Peer Intervention for Drug Users

Autor:	Jenni Ward, Gillian M. Hunter, Robert Power
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Drug Health (social science) business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Medicine (miscellaneous) Redress Public relations Service provider Peer intervention Outreach SAFER Medicine Health education business media_common
Zdroj:	Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 4:259-270
ISSN:	1465-3370 0968-7637
DOI:	10.3109/09687639709028548
Popis:	Peer interventions have been advocated as a means of expanding and consolidating existing HIV interventions among drug users. They have been promoted as having the potential to redress the limitations of traditional outreach by maximizing contacts with hidden populations of drug users, and replacing individually focused health education with efforts to change ‘community norms’ towards safer drug use. Yet, despite such accolades, there has been little published information on the practicalities of implementing or developing such interventions among drug users in the UK. This paper outlines a survey of peer interventions among drug services in North Thames Regional Health Authority. The findings provide some insight into the way in which these interventions are being introduced into the drugs field. The paper also highlights the potential role for local forums of service providers in the management and development of community interventions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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