When the dragon's awake: A needs assessment of people injecting drugs in a small urban centre

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-194

  Gustafson, Diana L ^a   Goodyear, Lesley ^a   Keough, Fran ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Eastern Health Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; Healthy social policy; Injection drug use; Nursing role; Small urban centre

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NURSE'S ROLE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 43849102363     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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