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`You sort of switch off`: Exploring mindlessness in injecting drug users` accounts of blood

dc.contributor.author Treloar, Carla en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T14:59:57Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T14:59:57Z
dc.date.issued 2005 en_US
dc.description.abstract Risk of blood borne virus among injecting drug users is high and is a significant challenge for public health efforts. Mindlessness/mindfulness theory provides an alternative lens through which to understand social phenomena. Interview transcripts of 32 current and former injectors were explored for evidence of mindless injecting (or automatic behaviour). Mindlessness in injecting practices can be important as opportunities to reduce injecting risk can emerge from understanding `expert` approaches to injecting. Further work is required to generate fuller understandings of this construct on injecting drug use and to incorporate carefully and sensitively this tool into health promotion efforts. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1359-1053 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/44066
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other blood borne virus en_US
dc.subject.other health promotion en_US
dc.subject.other injecting drug use en_US
dc.subject.other mindleness en_US
dc.title `You sort of switch off`: Exploring mindlessness in injecting drug users` accounts of blood en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 1 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Journal of Health Psychology en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 137-145 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 10 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Treloar, Carla, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school Centre for Social Research in Health *
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