Correlates of public support toward federal funding for harm reduction strategies

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kulesza, Magdalena ^a,b   Teachman, Bethany A ^c   Werntz, Alexandra J ^c   Gasser, Melissa L ^a   Lindgren, Kristen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; Intravenous drug use; Needle and syringe programs; Public stigma; Safe injection facilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THERAPY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934343727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13011-015-0022-5     Document Type: Article

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