Hepatitis C – scale and impact in Britain. During 1994 a questionnaire on hepatitis C was sent to drug agencies and others working with drug users. Hepatitis C was found in 6 out of 10 of over 2000 tests done…
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Druglink article 1995 – Outcomes on computer by Mark Namgauds
Outcome monitoring is being required by service purchasers. Chester’s drug and alcohol service introduced a computerised system to measure change in a client, focusing on drug; health; social factors and financial and legal factors related to drug use. Clients rate…
Druglink article 1995 – Peer education among crack users: Not so cracked by Tim Bottonley, Mike Smith and Chris Wibberley
A project run by a community drug team near Manchester involved recruiting crack users to research local crack use. Eight volunteers interviewed over 200 crack users. Though crack-related problems were common, most people were not in touch with services. The…
Druglink article 1995 – Drug user lifestyles and peer education by Robert Power, Steve Jones, Gerry Kearns, Jenni Ward
Research among heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users in three areas showed how peer education and outreach can build on informal risk-reduction strategies. Only by understanding these can services dovetail with drug scenes and with the lifestyles of those they target.…
Druglink article 1995 – Shape up or pay up by Matthew Southwell
Drug services face a growing challenge to become more culturally appropriate. Established services, overwhelmingly staffed by, managed by and run for the white population have failed the black community. Shape up or pay up (PDF) Additional keywords: race / minority…
Druglink supplement 1995 – DoH Task force to review services for drug misusers: a progress report by John Polkinghorne
Terms of reference: to conduct a comprehensive survey of clinical, operational and cost effectiveness of existing services for drug misusers. To review current policy and to make recommendations to ministers. DoH Task force to review services for drug misusers (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – How involved can you get? by Simon Polley
A service’s users may go far beyond drug users. User involvement is the process by which services systematically learn from their users to achieve a more effective service. Common problems include dis-empowering users unacustomed to the bureaucracy and jargon of…
Druglink article 1994 – A street drug analysis service by Chris Hughes
Several factors combined to lead the Hillingdon Drug Education Team, its partners in the youth service and the police to develop a scheme for the analysis of illicit drugs. A street drug analysis service (PDF)
Druglink article 1994 – The reactionary radicals by John Melville
Heavy end drug services are being sliced in the name of progress. Opinion formers in the drugs field switch from one ‘progressive’ idea to the next. The reactionary radicals (PDF)
Druglink article 1994 – Steroids: use, users and responses by Pirkko Korkia and Gerry Stimson
Steroids are used by many men and to a lesser extent women involved in sport. In some areas they form a significant part of the needle exchange’s caseload. There is concern over the effects of some steroids and little is…