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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
An approach to heroin use disorder intervention within the South African context: A content analysis study
Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, Volume 5, No. 1, Article 13, Year 2010
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Background: The field of heroin use disorder intervention has been in transition in South Africa since the outbreak of the heroin epidemic. Yet despite growing evidence of an association between heroin users' use of supplementary intervention services and intervention outcomes, heroin use disorder intervention programmes in South Africa generally fail to meet international research-based intervention standards.Methods: Semi-structured interviews with ten heroin use disorder specialists were conducted and the interviews were subjected to content analysis.Results and Discussion: In terms of theory and practice, findings of the study suggest that the field of heroin use disorder intervention in South Africa remains fragmented and transitional. Specifically, limited strategic public health care polices that address the syndromes' complexities have been implemented within the South Africa context.Conclusions: Although many interventions and procedures have begun to be integrated routinely into heroin use disorder clinical practice within the South African context, comorbidity factors, such as psychiatric illness and HIV/AIDS, need to be more cogently addressed. Pragmatic and evidence-based public health care policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with heroin use still needs to be implemented in the South African context. © 2010 dos Santos et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dos Santos, Monika M.L.
South Africa, Pretoria
Foundation for Professional Development
Rataemane, Solomon T.
South Africa, Sovenga
University of Limpopo
Fourie, David
South Africa, Cape Town
South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
Trathen, Bruce
Unknown
Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist
Unknown
Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1747-597X-5-13
e-ISSN:
1747597X
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Mental Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
South Africa