Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences The Nossal Institute for Global Health

Research and Learning Fund (RALF) My First Time: Initiation into Injecting Drug Use

Description: Using surveys and in-depth interviews, this study increased the understanding of the contextual factors associated with initiation into IDU. Evidence of the pathways to IDU assisted in identifying groups at risk of initiation into IDU allowing better design and target of harm reduction and prevention interventions.

Country/Region: India

Funding Agencies: DFID

Project duration: February 2006 - March 2007

Key Nossal Staff: Michelle Kermode, Angela Rintoul, Kathryn Bowen

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