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Skadereduktion vid sprututbyten: Erfarenheter från personer som injicerar droger
Swedish Red Cross University.
Swedish Red Cross University.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Background: Drug use is a public health problem associated with increased mortality, morbidity and lack of contact with healthcare. Stigmatization and discrimination surround drug use. Harm reduction aims to improve health without coercive measures to become drug-free in collaboration with people who inject drugs. Harm reduction is evidence-based, cost-effective and reduces the spread of infectious diseases. Needle exchanges provide information about drug-related risks and offer protection against this. 

Aim: The aim was to describe experiences of harm reduction in needle exchanges in people who inject drugs. 

Method: A qualitative literature study was carried out according to Polit and Beck's nine-step model. 11 articles were included and analyzed thematically according to the model of Braun and Clarke. 

Results: The main finding is that people who inject drugs experience that needle exchanges offer knowledge and enable harm reduction. Needle exchanges are a place of health promotion for people who inject drugs. 

Conclusion: How people who inject drugs experience the services and what makes them return is important knowledge for harm reduction to reach more people. Continued research is needed on how needle exchanges can reach more people who inject drugs. 

Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Drogbruk är ett folkhälsoproblem förenat med ökad dödlighet, sjuklighet och bristande kontakt med hälso- och sjukvård. Stigmatisering och diskriminering omgärdar drogbruk. Skadereduktion syftar till att förbättra hälsan utan tvingande åtgärder rörande drogfrihet. Skadereduktion är evidensbaserat, kostnadseffektivt och minskar spridningen av smittsamma sjukdomar. Sprututbyten ger information om drogrelaterade risker och erbjuder skydd mot dessa. 

Syftet: Att beskriva erfarenheter av skadereduktion vid sprututbyten hos personer som injicerar droger.

Metod: En kvalitativ litteraturstudie enligt Polit och Becks niostegsmodell. Elva artiklar inkluderades och analyserades tematiskt enligt modell av Braun och Clarke.

Resultat: Huvudfynd är att personer som injicerar droger upplever att sprututbyten erbjuder kunskap och möjliggör skadereduktion. Sprututbyten är en plats för hälsopromotion för personer som injicerar droger. 

Slutsats: Hur personer som injicerar droger upplever erbjuden skadereduktion vid sprututbyten och vad som får dem att återkomma är betydelsefull kunskap för att skadereduktion ska nå fler. Fortsatt forskning behövs om hur sprututbyten kan nå fler personer som injicerar droger. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 35
Keywords [en]
intravenous drug use, needle exchange programs, experience, harm reduction
Keywords [sv]
intravenöst drogbruk, sprututbytesverksamhet, upplevelse, skadereduktion
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URN: urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-4590OAI: oai:DiVA.org:rkh-4590DiVA, id: diva2:1749843
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Undergraduate Nursing Program
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Available from: 2023-04-14 Created: 2023-04-11 Last updated: 2023-04-14Bibliographically approved

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