Rhodes' Risk Environment Framework
Rhodes’ Risk Environment Framework explains substance use harms as results of reciprocal relationships between human behavior and predominantly four environmental aspects: Physical (e.g. locations of use), Economical (e.g. health budget strains), Social (e.g. intergenerational trauma), and Political (eg. health care legislations).
According to this theory, harm reductions and interventions should consider all aspects of risk environments in relation with substance use.[1](Cited 768 times, according to Google Scholar [2]) [3] In addition to providing free equipment and SCS (Supervised Consumption Sites) to drug users, this opens new discussions such as advocating and negotiating safer use on site for example with housing providers.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Rhodes, Tim (2009). "Risk environments and drug harms: A social science for harm reduction approach". International Journal of Drug Policy. 20 (3): 193–201. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.10.003. PMID 19147339.
- ^ [1] Google Scholar Author page, Accessed Oct. 1 2021
- ^ Rhodes, Tim; Simic, Milena (2005). "Transition and the HIV risk environment". BMJ. 331 (7510): 220–223. doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7510.220. PMC 1179776. PMID 16037463.
- ^ "Sidestepping federal law, B.C. Social-housing providers offer spaces for drug users". The Globe and Mail. 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Government partners integrate injection-drug rooms into supportive-housing sites around Vancouver". 13 July 2017.