Community health workers: A bridge to healthcare for people who inject drugs

Highlights • We explore how CHWs personal experience of drug injecting influences service delivery. • CHWs build trust with PWID clients using their familiarity of language that is specific to PWID. • CHWs enable PWID to be actively involved in decision-making about their health. • CHWs’ skills enab...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The International journal of drug policy 2015-04, Vol.26 (4), p.380-387
Hauptverfasser:	Morgan, Kirsty, Lee, Jessica, Sebar, Bernadette
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Assets Attitude of Health Personnel Australia Bridges Communication Community health services Community Health Services - manpower Community health workers Community Health Workers - psychology Discrimination Drug policy Drug use Drug Users - psychology Drugs Ethnomethodology Fear Health Behavior Health care access Health care management Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health policy Health Services Accessibility Health services utilization Healthcare access Humans Injecting drug use Injections Internal Medicine Languages Management Medical Education Medical personnel Membership Patient Acceptance of Health Care Patient Care Team Peer Group Peer workers Population Primary care Professional-Patient Relations Program Development Qualifications Qualitative Research Queensland Substance Abuse, Intravenous - diagnosis Substance Abuse, Intravenous - psychology Substance Abuse, Intravenous - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • We explore how CHWs personal experience of drug injecting influences service delivery. • CHWs build trust with PWID clients using their familiarity of language that is specific to PWID. • CHWs enable PWID to be actively involved in decision-making about their health. • CHWs’ skills enable them to serve as intermediaries between PWID and other practitioners.
ISSN:	0955-3959 1873-4758
DOI:	10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.11.001