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

Date

Authors

Islam, Md Mofizul

Topp, Libby

Iversen, Jenny

Day, Carolyn

Conigrave, Katherine

Maher, Lisa

Publisher

Public Health Association of Australia

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-sect

Keywords

Keywords: adult; aged; article; Australia; cross-sectional study; drug use; female; health care delivery; human; interpersonal communication; male; middle aged; multivariate analysis; patient attitude; preventive health service; psychological aspect; questionnaire; Disclosure; Emergency department; Healthcare; Injecting drug use; Needle syringe program

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/81469

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/1753-6405.12032

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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01_Islam_Healthcare_utilisation_and_2013.pdf (103.16 KB)

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