Area restrictions, risk, harm, and health care access among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A spatially oriented qualitative study

Health and Place

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-78

  McNeil, Ryan ^a,b   Cooper, Hannah ^c   Small, Will ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,d  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area restrictions; Harm reduction; Policing; Qualitative GIS; Territorial stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DRUG USER; GIS; HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AREA RESTRICTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

ADULT; CANADA; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938634343     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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