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Are primary health care centres that target injecting drug users attracting and serving the clients they are designed for? A case study from Sydney, Australia

Date

Authors

Islam, Md Mofizul

Topp, Libby

Conigrave, Katherine

White, Ann

Haber, Paul S

Day, Carolyn

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Background: Low-threshold primary healthcare (PHC) centres targeting injecting drug users (IDUs) are increasingly being created to offer preventative and opportunistic services. However, no data are available on the characteristics of clients who utilise

Keywords

Keywords: benzodiazepine; psychotropic agent; adult; age distribution; article; Australia; bloodstream infection; female; general practitioner; harm reduction; health care access; health care need; health center; health program; hepatitis B; human; intravenous drug Harm reduction; Injecting drug users; Low-threshold healthcare; Primary health care

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/81505

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

International Journal of Drug Policy

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.06.002

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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01_Islam_Are_primary_health_care_2013.pdf (291.63 KB)

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