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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health Policy

Background:

  • Attitudinal research indicates survey question framing influences responses on sensitive topics.
  • Community support for harm reduction services is a critical public health consideration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if survey language and information priming can manipulate perceived community support for harm reduction services.
  • To assess the impact of questionnaire design on attitudes towards harm reduction.

Main Methods:

  • A survey of 260 Australian university students in late 2008.
  • Random assignment to two groups: one receiving factual information on harm reduction (Survey 1), the other receiving no information and framing heroin use as problematic (Survey 2).

Main Results:

  • Survey 1 participants showed significantly higher support for harm reduction services (P < 0.001).
  • Survey version and political affiliation predicted overall support, explaining 17.5% of the variance.

Conclusions:

  • Questionnaire design demonstrably influences research findings on community support for harm reduction.
  • These results have significant implications for the development and expansion of harm reduction services and related policies.