The experience of initiating injection drug use and its social context: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Understanding the experience of initiating injection drug use and its social contexts is crucial to inform efforts to prevent transitions into this mode of drug consumption and support harm reduction. We reviewed and synthesized existing qualitative scientific literature systematically to identify the socio-structural contexts for, and experiences of, the initiation of injection drug use.

Methods

We searched six databases (Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, CINAHL, IBSS and SSCI) systematically, along with a manual search, including key journals and subject experts. Peer-reviewed studies were included if they qualitatively explored experiences of or socio-structural contexts for injection drug use initiation. A thematic synthesis approach was used to identify des

SUBMITTER: Guise A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5673537 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature