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Database ID	922
Title	The Vietnamese Harm Reduction Project: Stage 2
Description	The aims of the current project were to gain a clearer understanding of patterns of drug use in a sample of Vietnamese IDUs. Secondly, to reinforce the concept of practical harm reduction measures, in order to reduce the incidence of drug related harm, in particular the transmission of blood-borne viruses (BBVs).
Status	Archived
Researchers	Jenny Kelsall Peter Higgs Jane Hocking Campbell Aitken Nick Crofts
Keywords	harm reduction; Vietnamese Australians; iv drug use; heroin; patterns of use; hepatitis c; HIV
Methodology	Peer based recruitment, structure survey instrument
Institution	The Burnet Institute
Funding	$48,000
Start Date	01-1999
End Date	12-2000
Publications	Higgs, P & Kelsall, J (2005), Doing peer-based research with ethnic Vietnamese heroin users, New Community Quarterly, Vol. 3 , pp. 24-26
Contact	Name  Peter Higgs
Indexed	Illicit drugs -> Heroin and narcotics -> Heroin (79) Illicit drugs -> IV drug use (127) Demographic and social issues -> Ethnic groups (34) Health and medical -> Body systems & diseases -> Communicable diseases -> Hepatitis -> Hepatitis C (87) Health and medical -> Body systems & diseases -> Liver -> Hepatitis -> Hepatitis C (87) Health and medical -> Body systems & diseases -> Communicable diseases -> HIV / AIDS (88) Health and medical -> Body systems & diseases -> HIV / AIDS (88) Politics and government policy -> Drug policies -> Harm reduction (110)

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