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Share aloha nothing else

Share aloha nothing else . Exclusion and non-judgment within a harm reduction program in Hawaii. Welcome everyone Guusje Bressers M S c Medical Anthropology and Sociology. Harm Reduction program. Preparations: Medicinal Heroin Unit. Qualitative Research: Participant observation

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Share aloha nothing else

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  1. Share aloha nothing else Exclusion and non-judgment within a harm reduction program in Hawaii Welcome everyone Guusje Bressers MSc Medical Anthropology and Sociology

  2. Harm Reduction program

  3. Preparations: Medicinal Heroin Unit Qualitative Research: Participant observation Informal conversations Indebt interviews Why Hawaii?

  4. Focus: Non-judgment Theory: Exclusion Constructing and de-constructing a person

  5. Needle exchange HIV /AIDS testing

  6. Activist roots Federal government versus Harm Reduction versus General public

  7. Participating is illegal

  8. What is harm, and who is allowed to say what harms you?

  9. Bottom up Top down to Future

  10. Limitations of the research

  11. Discussion What are your thoughts on: Non-judgment and shying away from its activist base The implications for policy and practice

  12. Questions? Thank you for your attention Please feel free to come up to me after the presentation with questionsor remarks GuusjeBressers MSc

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