Uptake, benefits of and barriers to safer crack use kit (SCUK) distribution programmes in Victoria, Canada-A qualitative exploration

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-300

  Ivsins, Andrew ^a,b   Roth, Eric ^a,b   Nakamura, Nadine ^c   Krajden, Mel ^d   Fischer, Benedikt ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community health; Crack use; Harm reduction; Hepatitis C virus; Safer crack use kit

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960194289     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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