Homeless drug users' awareness and risk perception of peer "Take Home Naloxone" use - A qualitative study

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Wright, Nat ^a,e   Oldham, Nicola ^b   Francis, Katharine ^c   Jones, Lesley ^d  

^a Healthcare Department   (United Kingdom)

^b NFA Health Centre for Homeless People   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Research in Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^e HMP Leeds Health Care Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG USE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG USERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEROIN; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34248359866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-1-28     Document Type: Article

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