在COVID-19封锁期间注射药物使用者所面临的挑战和应对策略-一项定性研究
Shruti Vashisht1, Shreya Jha1, Shashi Kant1
1Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
概括
COVID-19封锁严重影响了注射毒品使用者 (IDU),破坏了减少危害服务的获取,并导致不安全的做法. 未来的流行病准备必须包括对这个脆弱人群的基本支持.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19流行病的封锁,弱势群体面临重大挑战,特别是注射毒品使用者 (IDU).
- 在日常生活和获得基本服务的中断影响了酒者的福祉.
- 这项研究旨在了解药物注射者在封锁期间采用的应对策略.
研究的目的:
- 记录在COVID-19封锁期间注射毒品使用者 (IDU) 采用的应对机制.
- 为了识别因流行病相关的限制而导致的注射药物使用者所经历的不良影响.
- 建议采取措施,在类似的危机期间减轻未来对药物吸食者的不利影响.
主要方法:
- 采用了定性研究方法.
- 数据收集包括与41名注射药物使用者进行焦点小组讨论和与7名非政府组织工作人员进行关键信息员采访.
- 基于理论的方法被用于手动分析录制的采访数据.
主要成果:
- 封锁严重扰乱了大多数注射剂使用者的生活,阻碍了获得关键的减少危害服务.
- 药物注射使用者采取了其他方法来维持他们的药物使用,包括增加针和注射器的重复使用.
- 药物注射者身体和精神健康受到封锁条件的负面影响.
结论:
- 由于COVID-19的封锁,注射毒品使用者的健康和安全面临重大风险.
- 在封锁期间,注射剂使用者中增加了针头和注射器的重复使用,增加了感染的风险.
- 建议包括向注射药物使用者发放旅行护照,并在未来紧急情况下向危害减轻人员发放旅行护照.
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