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| Title |
A qualitative study of the perceived effects of blue lights in washrooms on people who use injection drugs
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7517-10-22 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alexis Crabtree, Gareth Mercer, Robert Horan, Shannon Grant, Tracy Tan, Jane A Buxton |
| Abstract |
Blue lights are sometimes placed in public washrooms to discourage injection drug use. Their effectiveness has been questioned and concerns raised that they are harmful but formal research on the issue is limited to a single study. We gathered perceptions of people who use injection drugs on the effects of blue lights with the aim of informing harm reduction practice. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 54 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 26% |
| Canada | 10 | 19% |
| Japan | 4 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 22 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 46 | 85% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 7% |
| Scientists | 3 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 15% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Researcher | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 7 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 13% |
| Psychology | 7 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 16 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 191. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 December 2023.
All research outputs
#208,682
of 25,468,789 outputs
Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#29
of 1,124 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,483
of 222,885 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#1
of 20 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,124 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 28.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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