Expanding conceptualizations of harm reduction: results from a qualitative community-based participatory research study with people who inject drugs

Harm Reduction Journal
L M BoucherC Kendall

Abstract

The perspectives of people who use drugs are critical in understanding why people choose to reduce harm in relation to drug use, what practices are considered or preferred in conceptualizations of harm reduction, and which environmental factors interfere with or support the use of harm reduction strategies. This study explores how people who inject drugs (PWID) think about harm reduction and considers the critical imperative of equity in health and social services delivery for this community. This community-based participatory research study was conducted in a Canadian urban centre. Using a peer-based recruitment and interviewing strategy, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted by and with PWID. The Vidaview Life Story Board, an innovative tool where interviewers and participant co-construct a visual "life-scape" using a board, markers, and customized picture magnets, was used to facilitate the interviews. The topics explored included injection drug use and harm reduction histories, facilitators and barriers to using harm reduction strategies, and suggestions for improving services and supports. Twenty-three interviews with PWID (14 men and 9 women) were analysed, with a median age of 50. Results highlighted an e...Continue Reading

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Software Mentioned

Vidaview Life Story Board ( LSB )
ODSP
NVivo
PROUD
Vidaview Life Story

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