Can HIV or drug agencies meet the needs of those at the sharp end of both problems – HIV positive drug users Falling through the middle (PDF) Additional keywords: stigma
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Druglink article 1991 – No time before I die by Andria Efthimiou
Dying from AIDS, a prescription for smokable heroin could have allowed an addict mother to devote her last months to her daughter. No time before I die (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – HIV outreach in Britain by Tim Rhodes, Janet Holland, Richard Hartnoll, Sara Jones and Anne Johnson
A survey of all of Britain’s HIV outreach projects in 1988 found 122 projects of which 96 responded. Two-thirds targeted drug injectors and most worked to harm reduction objectives. In practice, the projects’ activities matched their objectives. Contact with clients…
Druglink article 1991 – Managing stress, a challenge not a threat by Dave Macdonald
Working with people who are or may be ill with HIV infection will increasingly raise the potential for stress among drug workers. Skills for mitigating stress range from breathing techniques to a strong philosophy on life. How stress events are interpreted…
Druglink article 1990 – The cost of prescribing by Mike Smith
Using methadone to attract and maintain clients may make good anti HIV sense – but who is going to pay the drug bill? The cost of prescribing (PDF) Additional keywords: budgets / costs / methadone maintenance
Druglink article 1990 – Reaching the hard to reach by Tim Rhodes, Janet Holland, Richard Hartnoll, Ann Johnson and Sara Jones
Outreach strategies in the USA, Netherlands and UK tend either to be treatment oriented or to aim for safer injecting. These should be seen as complementary objectives both capable of reducing HIV transmission. Providing services ‘on the street’ rather than…
Druglink article 1990 – Marriage of convenience by Paul Atkins
Intense political pressure forged a dubious alliance between government and the Terrence Higgins Trust Marriage of convenience (PDF)
Druglink article 1990 – The politics of anti-drug campaigns by Tim Rhodes
Government anti-drugs campaigns have attempted to address non-users as well as users. But images and messages that successfully deter non-users may simply have alienated drug users, making them less responsive to official sources of help and information. The latest campaign…
Druglink article 1990 – Ways to open the surgery door by Tom Waller
Why rejecting special payments for GPs may jeopardise our whole AIDS programme Expanding specialist services cannot fulfill the urgent need for greater medical involvement in drug treatment and HIV prevention. Mass participation by GPs can, but this means reversing the effects…
Druglink article 1990 – Nursing by rote by David Richards
Despite the rhetoric, is it still fit in or get out in Britain’s inpatient drug units? Nursing by rote (PDF)