The community impact of RIOTT, a medically supervised injectable maintenance clinic in south London

Original research
par
Miller, Peter et al

Date de publication

2010

Géographie

UK

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Non

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Non

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

Investigates the impact on the local community of a Medically Supervised Injectable Maintenance Clinic

Constatations/points à retenir

Community fears of negative social effects of the RIOTT clinic appear to have been unfounded, based on subjective and objective criteria, where such a project operates with the highly structured clinical and monitoring framework and with small patient numbers.

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

Methods involved: pre-trial community key informant interviews; two-year follow-up key informant interviews; and analysis of Metropolitan Police crime statistics.

Mots clés

Crime
Illegal drugs
SCS/OPS