“They accept me, because I was one of them”: formative qualitative research supporting the feasibility of peer-led outreach for people who use drugs in Dakar, Senegal

Background Peer outreach harm reduction initiatives are being developed with and for people who use drugs in Dakar, Senegal. This is in response to growing injecting drug use across the West Africa region and linked emerging epidemics of HIV and hepatitis C. We undertook formative qualitative resear...

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Published in:	Harm reduction journal Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 9 - 12
Main Authors:	Stengel, Camille May, Mane, Famara, Guise, Andrew, Pouye, Magath, Sigrist, Monika, Rhodes, Tim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 27.02.2018 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Africa Drug abuse Drug addicts Drug Users - psychology Epidemics Feasibility Studies Female Harm Reduction Health aspects Health Education - methods Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health Psychology Hepatitis C Hepatitis C - prevention & control HIV (Viruses) HIV Infections - prevention & control Humans Interviews as Topic Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Peer educator Peer Group Peer outreach Peer-driven intervention People who inject drugs Qualitative Research Risk Reduction Behavior Senegal Social Policy Social Work Study and teaching Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications Substance Abuse, Intravenous - prevention & control Substance Abuse, Intravenous - psychology Substance use West Africa Senegal Africa Peer-driven intervention Substance use People who inject drugs Peer educator Peer outreach West Africa
ISSN:	1477-7517, 1477-7517
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