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| General
Health Promotion : |
- Producing
health education and promotion resources on BBVs and drug-related
health issues
- Peer
Education: safer injecting, general harm reduction,
- Advocacy
for individuals experiencing discrimination, poor access to
services etc.
- Policy
advice to government on drug-related issues
- Contributing
to public discussion and understanding of drug use issues and
minimising drug-related harms in the community
- Working
with researchers to build body of evidence for better policy
and practices
- Working
with community groups, service agencies and local government
to formulate local and regional responses to drug-related harms
and health promotion
- Providing
training and advice to health and human service workers to
enhance their capacity to meet the needs of drug users;
- Helping
to harness and develop capacity within drug user communities
to advance health
- Working
with other peer-based drug user organisations in Australia
and overseas to develop best-practice in peer education and
harm reduction policies and practices
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| Discrete
Projects : |
- Working
with young injectors, education and prevention around Hepatitis
C, HIV , Hep B, STIs and drug-related harms (YDUPEO)
- Pharmacotherapy,
Mediation and Support Service (PAMS)
- Peer
Education: prevention, management of overdose and drug-related
adverse effects (DOPE)
- Peer
Education, prevention and management of drug-related harms
in the dance-party scene (DanceWize)
- Peer-based
treatment support and education around Hepatitis C (Hep
C)
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also Our Services. |
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