'On the same level': facilitators' experiences running a drug user-led safer injecting education campaign
'On the same level': facilitators' experiences running a drug user-led safer injecting education campaign
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DOI：
10.1186/1477-7517-10-4
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发表时间：
2013-03-06
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Kerr, Thomas
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作者：
Callon, Cody;Charles, Grant;Kerr, Thomas
背景：不安全的注射做法在注射吸毒者（IDU）发病率和死亡率升高中起着重要作用。人们对注射吸毒者直接参与旨在解决不安全注射问题的干预措施越来越感兴趣。本研究描述了一个吸毒者为主导的安全注射教育活动，并探讨了促进者的经验提供教育workshops.Methods：我们进行了半结构化的定性访谈与8名成员的注射支持（IS）团队谁开发和促进了一系列的安全注射教育讲习班。访谈探讨了主持人的看法的讲习班，经验是一个主持人，并对教育运动的观点。访谈逐字转录和专题分析carried.Results：IS团队主持人介绍了如何讲习班的结构和内容，使有效的信息交流更安全的注射做法，同时针对讲习班参与者的不安全做法。协调员作为注射吸毒者的身份增强了他们与讲习班参加者联系的能力，并以讲习班参加者能够理解的语言传达教育信息。调解人报告说，他们从参与运动中获得了知识和技能，并因认识到他们是在帮助人们保护自己的健康而对自己产生了积极的感觉。总的来说，促进者认为，这场运动提供了宝贵的信息，注射吸毒者，虽然促进者也批评了运动，并建议改进今后的努力.Conclusions：这项研究表明，涉及注射吸毒者在教育活动中针对不安全注射的可行性。研究结果表明，注射吸毒者参与预防活动如何提高干预措施的相关性和文化适当性，同时为那些提供教育的注射吸毒者提供个人，社会和专业利益。
Background: Unsafe injection practices play a major role in elevated rates of morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (IDU). There is growing interest in the direct involvement of IDU in interventions that seek to address unsafe injecting. This study describes a drug user-led safer injecting education campaign, and explores facilitators' experiences delivering educational workshops.Methods: We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 8 members of the Injection Support (IS) Team who developed and facilitated a series of safer injecting education workshops. Interviews explored facilitator's perceptions of the workshops, experiences being a facilitator, and perspectives on the educational campaign. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and a thematic analysis was conducted.Results: IS Team facilitators described how the workshop's structure and content enabled effective communication of information about safer injecting practices, while targeting the unsafe practices of workshop participants. Facilitators' identity as IDU enhanced their ability to relate to workshop participants and communicate educational messages in language accessible to workshop participants. Facilitators reported gaining knowledge and skills from their involvement in the campaign, as well as positive feelings about themselves from the realization that they were helping people to protect their health. Overall, facilitators felt that this campaign provided IDU with valuable information, although facilitators also critiqued the campaign and suggested improvements for future efforts.Conclusions: This study demonstrates the feasibility of involving IDU in educational initiatives targeting unsafe injecting. Findings illustrate how IDU involvement in prevention activities improves relevance and cultural appropriateness of interventions while providing individual, social, and professional benefits to those IDU delivering education.