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Correlates of public support toward federal funding for harm reduction strategies

Overview of attention for article published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, June 2015
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Title
Correlates of public support toward federal funding for harm reduction strategies
Published in
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13011-015-0022-5
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Authors

Magdalena Kulesza, Bethany A. Teachman, Alexandra J. Werntz, Melissa L. Gasser, Kristen P. Lindgren

Abstract

Historically, US federal policy has not supported harm reduction interventions, such as safe injection facilities (SIFs) and needle and syringe programs (NSPs), which can reduce the burden associated with injection drug use. Given recent increases in abuse of both legal and illegal opioids, there has been a renewed debate about effective ways to address this problem. The current study (1) assessed participants' support for SIFs and NSPs, and (2) evaluated several demographic factors (e.g., age, gender, race, education, political ideology, and religiosity) and individual differences in stigmatizing beliefs about people who inject drugs (PWID) that might relate to support for these interventions. U.S. adults (N = 899) completed a web-based study that assessed self-reported support for NSPs and SIFs, and stigma about PWID. The majority of participants were at least somewhat supportive of both NSPs and SIFs. Regression analyses indicated greater support for NSPs and SIFs was predicted by more liberal political ideology, more agreement that PWID deserve help rather than punishment, older age, and male gender. Also, participants who endorsed lower stigma about PWID were more supportive of NSPs and SIFs. Race, religiosity, and education did not predict support for NSPs and SIFs. Most participants tended to report support for harm reduction strategies. Age, political ideology, and individual differences in stigmatizing beliefs about PWID were significantly associated with support. Given the potential malleability of stigmatizing beliefs, efforts that seek to shift stigma about PWID could have important implications for public policy towards harm reduction strategies for PWID.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 123 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 26 21%
Researcher 16 13%
Student > Bachelor 16 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Other 18 15%
Unknown 31 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 23 19%
Social Sciences 21 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 2%
Other 12 10%
Unknown 38 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. 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 11 September 2016.
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#2,442,076
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Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#118
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Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#2
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