tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Harm reduction services for British Columbia's First Nation population: a qualitative inquiry into opportunities and barriers for injection drug users"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Harm reduction services for British Columbia's First Nation population: a qualitative inquiry into opportunities and barriers for injection drug users | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Harm reduction services for British Columbia s First Nation population a qualitative inquiry into opportunities and barriers for injection drug users Dennis Wardman 1 and Darryl Quantz2 Open Access Address Department of Health Care and Epidemiology University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Vancouver British Columbia Canada Email Dennis Wardman - dwardman@ Darryl Quantz - Corresponding author Published II October 2006 Received 20 August 2005 _ AA A Accepted 11 October 2006 Harm Reduction Journal 2006 3 30 doi 1477-7517-3-30 This article is available from http content 3 1 30 2006 Wardman and Quantz licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Aboriginal injection drug users are the fastest growing group of new Human Immunodeficiency Virus cases in Canada. However there remains a lack of comprehensive harm reduction services available to First Nation persons particularly for First Nation people dwelling in rural and reserve communities. This paper reports findings from an exploratory study of current harm reduction practices in First Nation communities. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the availability and content of current harm reduction practices as well as to identify barriers and opportunities for implementing these services in First Nation communities. Methods Key informant interviews were conducted with 13 addictions service providers from the province of British Columbia Canada. Results .