Tompkins Charlotte N E
Research Fellow based at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
Int J Prison Health. 2013;9(2):68-81. doi: 10.1108/17449201311326943.
This paper aims to explore the cessation of injecting amongst male drug users when in prison in England and uncovers what influenced this behaviour and why.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 male drug users on release from prison to explore what happened to their injecting drug use in prison. The research was conducted from a pragmatic harm reduction approach using grounded theory.
Not injecting in prison was identified as a pertinent finding and nine overarching themes accounted for this decline. The themes often overlapped with one another, highlighting how the decision not to inject when last in prison was multi-factorial. Running throughout the themes were participants' concerns regarding the health and social risks attributed to injecting in prison, alongside an appreciation of some of the rehabilitative measures and opportunities offered to injecting drug users when in prison.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This qualitative research offers an updated perspective on illicit drug injecting in prison in England from the view of drug users since health and prison policy changes in prescribing and practice. It contributes to evidence suggesting that prisons can be used as a time of reprieve and recovery from injecting drug use.
本文旨在探究英格兰男性吸毒者在入狱期间停止注射吸毒的情况，并揭示影响这种行为的因素及原因。
设计/方法/途径：对30名出狱男性吸毒者进行了定性访谈，以探究他们在狱中注射吸毒的情况。该研究采用务实的减少伤害方法，并运用扎根理论。
在狱中不注射吸毒被确定为一个相关发现，九个总体主题解释了这种下降情况。这些主题常常相互重叠，凸显了上次入狱时不注射吸毒的决定是多因素的。贯穿这些主题的是参与者对狱中注射吸毒所带来的健康和社会风险的担忧，以及对狱中为注射吸毒者提供的一些康复措施和机会的认可。
原创性/价值：这项定性研究从吸毒者的角度，为英格兰监狱中非法注射吸毒提供了一个更新的视角，因为健康和监狱政策在处方和实践方面发生了变化。它有助于证明监狱可以成为从注射吸毒中暂缓并恢复的时期。
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