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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 Exclusion and non-judgment within a harm reduction program in Hawaii Welcome everyone Guusje Bressers MSc Medical Anthropology and Sociology
Preparations: Medicinal Heroin Unit Qualitative Research: Participant observation Informal conversations Indebt interviews Why Hawaii?
Focus: Non-judgment Theory: Exclusion Constructing and de-constructing a person
Needle exchange HIV /AIDS testing
Activist roots Federal government versus Harm Reduction versus General public
Bottom up Top down to Future
Discussion What are your thoughts on: Non-judgment and shying away from its activist base The implications for policy and practice
Questions? Thank you for your attention Please feel free to come up to me after the presentation with questionsor remarks GuusjeBressers MSc