Using mindfulness to develop health education strategies for blood-borne virus prevention in injecting drug use

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Using mindfulness to develop health education strategies for blood-borne virus prevention in injecting drug use

Aims: Prevention education has had limited success in reducing transmission of blood borne virus among people who inject drugs. Innovative approaches to prevention education are required. Method: This study used video recordings of injecting episodes and interviews with participants reviewing their...

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Main Authors:	Treloar, C., Laybutt, B., Carruthers, Susan
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7130

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