A cross-sectional study of public attitudes towards safer drug use practices in British Columbia, Canada

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tzemis, Despina ^a   Campbell, Jennifer ^a   Kuo, Margot ^a   Buxton, Jane A ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; Public attitude; Safer drug use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; ADDICTION; CANADA; HARM REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HARM REDUCTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84889608927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-8-40     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Rosenberg H, Philips K. Acceptability and availability of harm-reduction interventions for drug abuse in American substance abuse treatment agencies. Psych Addict Behav 2003, 17(3):203-210.
2. Toward the Heart British Columbia Harm Reduction Strategies and Services Committee. http://www.towardtheheart.com, Toward the Heart.
3. Ontario HIV Treatment Network Rapid Response: Public Perceptions of Harm Reduction Interventions. http://www.ohtn.on.ca/pages/Knowledge-Exchange/Rapid-Responses/RR63-2012-Public-Perception-HR-Interventions.pdf, Ontario HIV Treatment Network.
4. Cavalieri W, Riley D. Harm reduction in Canada: The many faces of regression. http://canadianharmreduction.com/node/1713.
5. Kendall PRW. Decreasing HIV infections among people who use drugs by injection in British Columbia. http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2011/decreasing-HIV-in-IDU-population.pdf.
6. Buxton J, Tzemis D, Tang W, Yu A, Krajden M. The BC Harm Reduction Supply Distribution Program: Preventing HIV and HCV in British Columbia (BC) [abstract]. CAHR Conference 2013, 199.
7. Marshall BDL, Milloy MJ, Wood E, Montaner JSG, Kerr T. Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility: A retrospective population-based study. Lancet 2011, 377(9775):1429-1437. 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62353-7, 21497898.
8. Providence Health Care SALOME: Study Objectives. http://www.providencehealthcare.org/salome/study-objectives.html, Providence Health Care.
9. Ti L, Buxton J, Wood E, Zhang R, Montaner J, Kerr T. Difficulty accessing crack pipes and crack pipe sharing among people who use drugs in Vancouver. Canada Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2011, 6:34.
10. Keller J. Abbotsford city council divided on whether to allow harm reduction for drug addicts. [http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/08/needle-exchange-ban-abbotsford-bc_n_1656911.html].
11. Ministry of Health, Vancouver Island Health Authority Failed Mandates: City of Victoria. http://harmreductionvictoria.ca/?q=node/78, Ministry of Health, Vancouver Island Health Authority.
12. MacNeil J, Pauly B. Impact: a case study examining the closure of a large urban fixed site needle exchange in Canada. Harm Reduc J 2010, 7:11.
13. Weatherburn D. Dilemmas in harm minimization. Addiction 2008, 104(3):335-339.
14. Van Den Berg C, Smit C, Van Brussel G, Coutinho R, Prins M. Full participation in harm reduction programmes is associated with decreased risk for human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus: evidence from the Amsterdam Cohort Studies among drug users. Addiction 2007, 102(9):1454-1462. 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01912.x, 2040242, 17697278.
15. Vernick J, Burrisb S, Strathedee S. Public opinion about syringe exchange programmes in the USA: an analysis of national surveys. Int J Drug Policy 2003, 25(5-6):431-435.
16. Dear M. Understanding and overcoming the NIMBY syndrome. J Am Plan Assoc 1992, 58(3):288-301.
17. Thein H, Kimber J, Maher L, MacDonald M, Kaldor J. Public opinion towards supervised injecting centres and the Sydney medically Supervised Injecting Centre. Int J Drug Policy 2005, 16:275-280.
18. Boyd S. Media construction of illegal drugs, users, and sellers: a closure look at Traffic. Int J Drug Policy 2002, 13:397-407.
19. Boyd S, Carter C. Methamphetamine Disclosure: Media, Law, and Policy. Can J Communication 2010, 35:219-237.
20. Woods A. Ottawa ignores support for injection sites. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=1797cdc9-676e-47d3-8592-d3d0c3f44613.
21. Cruz MF, Patra J, Fischer JR, Kalousek K. Public opinion towards supervised injection facilities and heroin-assisted treatment in Ontario, Canada. Int J Drug Policy 2007, 18:54-61. 10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.12.001, 17689344.
22. Dubé E, Massé R, Noël L. Acceptabilité des interventions en réduction des méfaits: contributions de la population aux débats éthiques de santé publique. Can J Public Health 2009, 100(1):24-28.
23. BC Statistics 2011 Population Extrapolation for Organizational Planning with Less Error. http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/StatisticsBySubject/Demography.aspx, BC Statistics 2011.
24. Angus Read Illegal Drugs. Angus Read Strategies Public Release, National Opinion Poll. http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/archived-pdf/ARS_Drugs.pdf, Angus Read Illegal Drugs. Angus Read Strategies.
25. Chowning JT, Griswold JC, Kovarik DN, Collins LJ. Fostering critical thinking, reasoning, and argumentation skills through bioethics education. PLoS ONE 2012, 7(5):e36791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036791, 10.1371/journal.pone.0036791, 3350470, 22615814.
26. Bourget Management Consulting for the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness Mental Health Mental Health Literacy: A Review of the Literature. http://www.camimh.ca/files/literacy/LIT_REVIEW_MAY_6_07.pdf, Bourget Management Consulting for the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness.
27. Tytler R, Duggan S, Gott R. Dimensions of evidence, the public understanding of science and science education. Int J Sci Educ 2001, 23:815-832.
28. Denham B. Folk devils, news icons and the construction of moral panics. Journalism Studies 2008, 9(6):945-961.
29. Hughes CE, Lancaster K, Spicer B. How do Australian news media depict illicit drug issues? An analysis of print media reporting across and between illicit drugs, 2003-2008. Int J Drug Policy 2011, 22:285-291. 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.05.008, 21700441.
30. Beckett K. Setting the public agenda: 'street crime' and drug use in American politics. Soc Probl 1994, 41(3):425-477.
31. Annas GJ. Reefer madness-The Federal Response to California's Medical Marijuana Law. NEJM 1997, 337:435-439. 10.1056/NEJM199708073370621, 9241134.
32. Goode E, Ben Yehuda N. Moral Panics: the social construction of deviance. The American Drug Panic of the 1980s 1994, Oxford: Blackwell, Chapter 12.
33. Winkel B. Treatment Solutions: Just say no campaign. http://www.treatmentsolutions.com/just-say-no-campaign/].
34. Vlahov D, Junge B. The role of needle exchange programs in HIV prevention. Public Health Rep 1998, 113(suppl 1):75-80.
35. DeBeck K, Kerr T, Li K, Fischer B, Buxton J, Montaner J, Wood E. Smoking of crack cocaine as a risk factor for HIV infection among people who use injection drugs. Can Med Assoc J 2008, 181(9):585-589.
36. The Vienna Declaration The Vienna Declaration Fact Sheet. http://www.viennadeclaration.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2-VDec-Fact-Sheet-IAS.pdf, The Vienna Declaration.
37. Vickerman P, Kumaranayake L, Balakireva O, Guinenness L, Artyukh O, Semifop T, Yaremenko O, Watts C. The cost-effectiveness of expanding harm reduction activities for injecting drug users in Odessa. Ukraine Sex Transm Dis 2006, 33(Suppl 10):89-102.
38. Wood E, Tyndall MW, Zhang R, Montaner JSG, Kerr T. Rate of detoxification service use and its impact among a cohort of supervised injecting facility users. Addict 2007, 102(6):916-919.
39. Bernstein S, Bennet D. Zoned Out: " NIMBYism", addiction services and municipal governance in British Columbia. Int J Drug Policy 2006 2013 2006,. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.04.001.
40. Hobden K, Cunningham J. Barriers to the dissemination of four harm reduction strategies: a survey of addiction treatment providers in Ontario. Harm Reduc J 2006, 3:35. doi:10.1186/1477-7517-3-35.
41. Tortu S, McMahon JM, Pouget ER, Hamid R. Sharing of Noninjection Drug-Use Implements as a Risk Factor for Hepatitis C. Subst Use Misuse 2004, 39(2):211-224. 10.1081/JA-120028488, 15061559.
42. Frum M. May we offer you a crack pipe instead?. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/miranda-frum/free-crack-pipe-vancouver_b_1184179.html.
43. Gustafson R. Why tax payers should subsidize crack pipes. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/reka-gustafson-phd/crack-pipe-vancouver_b_1185670.html.
44. Steeh C, Kirgis N, Cannon B, DeWitt J. Are they really as bad as they seem? Nonresponse rates at the end of the twentieth century. J of Offical Statistics 2001, 17(2):227-247. wrong 35.
45. Reid A. What went wrong with the polls in British Columbia? The veteran pollster reviews the lessons of the BC election. http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/07/08/angus-reid-what-went-wrong-with-the-polls-in-british-columbia/.