British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
AIDS Behav. 2014 Mar;18(3):473-85. doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0540-y.
People who require help injecting are disproportionately vulnerable to drug-related harm, including HIV transmission. North America's only sanctioned SIF operates in Vancouver, Canada under an exemption to federal drug laws, which imposes operating regulations prohibiting assisted injections. In response, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) launched a peer-run unsanctioned SIF in which trained peer volunteers provide assisted injections to increase the coverage of supervised injection services and minimize drug-related harm. We undertook qualitative interviews (n = 23) and ethnographic observation (50 h) to explore how this facility shaped assisted injection practices. Findings indicated that VANDU reshaped the social, structural, and spatial contexts of assisted injection practices in a manner that minimized HIV and other health risks, while allowing people who require help injecting to escape drug scene violence. Findings underscore the need for changes to regulatory frameworks governing SIFs to ensure that they accommodate people who require help injecting.
需要帮助注射的人更容易受到与毒品相关的伤害,包括 HIV 传播。北美唯一获得批准的安全注射设施设在加拿大温哥华,根据联邦毒品法的豁免规定运营,该规定对协助注射实施了操作规定,禁止协助注射。作为回应,温哥华吸毒者网络(VANDU)推出了一个由同行运营的未经批准的安全注射设施,在那里经过培训的同行志愿者提供协助注射,以增加监督注射服务的覆盖范围,并最大限度地减少与毒品相关的伤害。我们进行了定性访谈(n=23)和民族志观察(50 小时),以探讨该设施如何塑造协助注射实践。研究结果表明,VANDU 以一种将 HIV 和其他健康风险最小化的方式重塑了协助注射实践的社会、结构和空间背景,同时允许需要帮助注射的人摆脱毒品现场暴力。研究结果强调需要对管理安全注射设施的监管框架进行修改,以确保它们能够容纳需要帮助注射的人。