dc.contributor.author | Hodder, Samantha | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-07T13:14:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-12-07T13:14:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12-07 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14334 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand the facilitators and/or barriers to safer drug use and sexual practices among a sample of young female injection drug users (IDUs) who live in small towns/rural communities in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This study examined how economic status, relationships, social roles, small town/rural living, and stigma function as facilitators and/or barriers to safer practices. Eight female IDUs aged 20-31, living in small towns/rural communities in Cape Breton, engaged in face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. The women described what day-to-day life is like for female IDUs living in small towns/rural communities. They spoke about managing drug addiction, their understanding of safer and unsafe injection drug use and risky and safer sexual practices, as well as their experiences with services/supports. The information obtained from this study will help to inform harm reduction policy and program initiatives. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Women | en_US |
dc.subject | Injection Drug Use | en_US |
dc.subject | Small Towns/ Rural Communities | en_US |
dc.subject | Cape Breton, NS | en_US |
dc.subject | Safer and Unsafe Drug Use and Sexual Practices | en_US |
dc.title | Exploring Safer and Unsafe Drug Use and Sexual Practices Among Female Injection Drug Users Living in Small Towns / Rural Communities, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2011-10-17 | |
dc.contributor.department | School of Health & Human Performance | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Fiona Martin | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Lynne Robinson | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Carolyn Davison, MA | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Lois Jackson | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Received | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |