Mobilizing public support for providing needles to drug injectors: A pilot advocacy intervention

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Mobilizing public support for providing needles to drug injectors: A pilot advocacy intervention

400 members of the general public in Western Australia were surveyed regarding their attitudes to the provision of needles and syringes to drug users as a means reducing the spread of HIV. Attitudes were measured before and after the presentation of an audio-taped advocacy intervention which explain...

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Main Authors:	Lenton, Simon, Phillips, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	1997
Subjects:	drug - injecting - needles - needle exchange - pharmacy - health aspects - legal aspects - social aspects - harm reduction - policy - public attitudes - advocacy - HIV - AIDS - stigma
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30001

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