'Individual' harms, Community 'harms': reconciling Indigenous values with drug harm minimisation policy.
Drug Alcohol Rev
; 25(3): 219-25, 2006 May.
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| ID: mdl-16753645
ABSTRACT
This paper uses data on the social context of drug-related harms in the Melbourne Aboriginal Community to inform an alternative model of harm minimisation, and discusses its potential application in programme development. The paper involves a secondary analysis of interviews and focus group discussions with 62 Community members who participated in a qualitative injecting drug use study conducted at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Melbourne. Individuals and families within the Melbourne Aboriginal Community experience significant levels of harm associated with injecting drug use, and face restricted access to appropriate service options. This experience of drug use contributes to a broad range of values within the Community around harm minimisation approaches to programme delivery. We propose a fundamentally distinct harm minimisation model which explicitly acknowledges this range of conflicting values, and reflects the need for a breadth of services and programmes that address these tensions. Policies and funding must support Aboriginal Communities to negotiate through these conflicting Community values to actively create spaces in the service system for both using and non-using Community members. This includes the development of regional approaches which articulate an appropriate mix of services and the roles of Aboriginal and mainstream services in their delivery.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Problemas Sociales
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Valores Sociales
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Drogas Ilícitas
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Abuso de Sustancias por Vía Intravenosa
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Reducción del Daño
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Nativos de Hawái y Otras Islas del Pacífico
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Drug Alcohol Rev
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia