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Activism and scientific research: 20 years of community action by the Vancouver
area network of drug users
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Jozaghi E
; Greer AM
; Lampkin H
; Buxton JA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy
2018[May]; 13
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BACKGROUND: Over the past several decades, there have been numerous peer-reviewed
articles written about people who use drugs (PWUDs) from the Downtown Eastside
neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada. While individual researchers have engaged and
acknowledged this population as participants and community partners in their
work, there has been comparatively little attention given to the role of PWUDs
and drug user organizations in directing, influencing, and shaping research
agendas. METHODS: In this community-driven research, we examine 20 years of
peer-reviewed studies, university theses, books, and reports that have been
directed, influenced, and shaped by members of the activist organization the
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). In this paper, we have summarized
VANDU's work based on different themes from each article. RESULTS: After applying
the inclusion criteria to over 400 articles, 59 items containing peer-reviewed
studies, books, and reports were included and three themes of topics researched
or discussed were identified. Theme 1: 'health needs' of marginalized groups was
found in 39% of articles, Theme 2: 'evaluation of projects' related to harm
reduction in 19%, and Theme 3: 'activism' related work in 42%. Ninety-four
percent of co-authors were from British Columbia and 44% of research was
qualitative. Works that have been co-authored by VANDU's members or acknowledged
their participations created 628 citations. Moreover, their work has been
accessed more than 149,600 times. CONCLUSIONS: Peer-based, democratic harm
reduction organizations are important partners in facilitating groundbreaking
health and social research, and through research can advocate for the improved
health and wellbeing of PWUDs and other marginalized groups in their community.
This article also recommends that PWUDs should be more respectfully engaged and
given appropriate credit for their contributions.
|*Community Participation
[MESH]
|*Drug Users
[MESH]
|British Columbia
[MESH]
|Community-Based Participatory Research/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]