‘On the same level’: facilitators’ experiences running a drug user-led safer injecting education campaign

Unsafe injection practices play a major role in elevated rates of morbidity and mortality  among people who inject drugs (IDU). There is growing interest in the direct involvement of  IDU in interventions that seek to address unsafe injecting. This study describes a drug user led safer injecting education campaign, and explores facilitators’ experiences delivering  educational workshops.

This study demonstrates the feasibility of involving IDU in educational initiatives targeting  unsafe injecting. Findings illustrate how IDU involvement in prevention activities improves  relevance and cultural appropriateness of interventions while providing individual, social, and  professional benefits to those IDU delivering education.

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