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It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it: a qualitative study of advice for young cannabis users
Nathan Faulkner1, Jim McCambridge, Renee L Slym
1National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
Introduction:
Advice is a widely recommended and practised intervention with young drug users. Study of precisely how advice is given and received in any setting has, however, been limited.
Design And Methods:
We qualitatively analysed 106 audio-recordings of advice sessions on cannabis use for young people within a randomised trial. Inductive data analysis was guided by a focus on practitioner behaviour which served to engage the active participation of the young drug user in the session.
Results:
A cluster of 'Information Management' activities was identified together with an 'Interactive Orientation' evident in a series of specific behaviours. Participants were most successfully engaged when both were combined, understood here as 'Personalised Advice-giving'.
Discussion And Conclusions:
These components identified in this exploratory study might assist further research in rectifying the absence of a solid empirical basis for effective practice in advice giving with young drug users and more widely.
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