Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia
Little is known about injecting drug use (IDU) among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia. We interviewed 18 young people of African ethnicity (6 current/former injectors, 12 never injectors) about exposure and attitudes to IDU. Exposure to IDU was common, with...
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| author | Horyniak, D. Higgs, Peter Cogger, S. Dietze, P. |
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| description | Little is known about injecting drug use (IDU) among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia. We interviewed 18 young people of African ethnicity (6 current/former injectors, 12 never injectors) about exposure and attitudes to IDU. Exposure to IDU was common, with IDU characterised as unnatural, risky and immoral. IDU was highly stigmatised and hidden from family and friends. There is a need for culturally appropriate programs to promote open dialogue about substance use, in order to reduce stigma and prevent African youth who may use illicit drugs from becoming further marginalised. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-360782017-09-13T15:52:04Z Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia Horyniak, D. Higgs, Peter Cogger, S. Dietze, P. refugee health qualitative research Africa youth culturally and linguistically diverse communities Injecting drug use Little is known about injecting drug use (IDU) among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia. We interviewed 18 young people of African ethnicity (6 current/former injectors, 12 never injectors) about exposure and attitudes to IDU. Exposure to IDU was common, with IDU characterised as unnatural, risky and immoral. IDU was highly stigmatised and hidden from family and friends. There is a need for culturally appropriate programs to promote open dialogue about substance use, in order to reduce stigma and prevent African youth who may use illicit drugs from becoming further marginalised. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36078 10.1080/15332640.2014.958639 Taylor and Francis fulltext |
| spellingShingle | refugee health qualitative research Africa youth culturally and linguistically diverse communities Injecting drug use Horyniak, D. Higgs, Peter Cogger, S. Dietze, P. Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia |
| title | Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia |
| title_full | Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia |
| title_fullStr | Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia |
| title_short | Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia |
| title_sort | experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised african migrant and refugee youth in melbourne, australia |
| topic | refugee health qualitative research Africa youth culturally and linguistically diverse communities Injecting drug use |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36078 |