When grammars collide
Harm reduction, drug detention and the challenges of international policy reform efforts in Vietnam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15540596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Edington (0000-0001-8839-7468, Columbia University, corresponding author), Ronald Bayer (Columbia University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | sup1 |
| Pages | S75-S91 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2012.763045 |
| PMID | 23363324 |
| OpenAlex | W2045045757 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
Throughout the 1990s, a dramatic rise in HIV prevalence rates among drug users in Vietnam attracted the attention of international observers concerned about the prospect of a more generalised epidemic. Vietnam subsequently became the target of extensive funding and advocacy which sought to introduce needle exchange and methadone in a country where drug use was considered a 'social evil', and drug users were subjected to what international observers viewed as draconian incarceration measures. What were the goals of proponents of harm reduction when they came to Vietnam? How did they perceive the state of prevailing approaches to drug users in the context of the Vietnamese HIV epidemic? How did they understand the strategic challenges they faced and the dilemmas they had to confront? Based on in-depth interviews with international harm reduction proponents working in Vietnam, this paper explores the encounter of two grammars of harm reduction, one based on broadly accepted international approaches, the other rooted in Vietnam's own history and politics. From this encounter a set of policies and practices characterised by needle exchange and methadone maintenance emerged, as well as an extensive network of closed centres where tens of thousands of drug users are currently detained
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Geography · Harm · Harm reduction · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Methadone · Methadone maintenance · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Public relations · Sociology · Vietnamese · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |