A death within a close-knit client group presents challenges and opportunities for the project. Death in the family (PDF)
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Druglink article 1994 – Healthy women by Janet Hanslope
Building on an existing outreach initiative, the Wirral Drugs Service developed an HIV peer education project among drug using women working as prostitutes. Education/training sessions were followed by a residential weekend. An assessment suggested the project successfully engaged the women…
Druglink article 1994 – New horizons needed by Roger Howard
Farewell drug advisory committees and welcome to the community, a new focus for local coordination. New horizons needed (PDF)
Druglink article 1994 – AIDS and drug policy: Revolution or revision by Virginia Berridge
The growth of concern over drug-related HIV spread in the mid-80s served to lend political acceptability to and extend pre-existing policy trends towards harm reduction approaches and away from seeing addiction as a medical disease. Paradoxically this public health concern…
Druglink factsheet 1994 – Drug testing
Fact sheet covering urine, blood, breath and hair testing; accuracy of tests; legal situation and how long drugs stay in your body. Drug testing (PDF)
Druglink article 1994 – The state of the market by Peter Mason and John Marsden
Continuing realignment between purchasers and providers characterises the new markets for health and social care. Purchaser-driven changes in service delivery are likely to accelerate as the focus shifts to service outcomes. Services have shown themselves able to adapt to the…
Druglink article 1994 – Only way – or no way? by Harry Shapiro
Drug law reform has re-emerged on the international and domestic policy agendas. More drug use by younger people and the connection with crime have taken the debate beyond cannabis. International conventions allow countries to impose only minor penalties for possession.…
Druglink factsheet 1994 – Beyond the basics by Andrew Preston
A simple model of human needs can help structure your work when it moves beyond the harm reduction basics. Beyond the basics (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 1994 – Drugs and you part 2
This is the second fact sheet dealing with the effects of illegal drugs on women’s health. This part deals with pregnancy and gives a drug by drug account of what is known. Drugs and you part 2 (PDF) Additional keywords:…
Druglink article 1994 – Buzzwords: an HIV outreach glossary by Tim Rhodes and Gerry Stimson
Outreach has a long and varied history in health promotion and other community interventions. Some of the key concepts from those spheres are only now being incorporated into the language of HIV outreach in the UK. Central to these developments…