Open AccessRapid Assessment and Response Studies of Injection Drug Use: Knowledge Gain, Capacity Building, and Intervention Development in a Multisite Study
Author(s) -
Gerry V. Stimson,
Chris Fitch,
Don Des Jarlais,
Vladimir Poznyak,
Theresa Perlis,
Edna Oppenheimer,
Tim Rhodes
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2003.035899
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , public health , environmental health , intervention (counseling) , medicine , capacity building , beijing , public health interventions , china , geography , economic growth , nursing , archaeology , economics
We evaluated the World Health Organization's rapid assessment and response (RAR) method of assessing injection drug use and its associated health problems, focusing on knowledge gain, capacity building, and whether RAR leads to the development of interventions reducing the health effects of injection drug use.