Healthcare utilisation and disclosure of injecting drug use among clients of Australia's needle and syringe programs

Healthcare utilisation and disclosure of injecting drug use among clients of Australia's needle and syringe programs

Abstract Background : People who inject drugs (PWID) report limited access to healthcare, and may avoid disclosing drug use. Health service utilisation was examined among participants in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey (ANSPS), an annual cross‐sectional sero‐survey of needle syringe...

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Main Authors: M. Mofizul Islam, Libby Topp, Jenny Iversen, Carolyn Day, Katherine M. Conigrave, Lisa Maher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-04-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Injecting drug use
needle syringe program
healthcare
disclosure
emergency department
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12032

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https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12032

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