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Exploring the Promotion of Harm Reduction Program in Social Marketing Strategies

Drug abusers in Taiwan are infected with HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus) seriously day by day in recent years. In view of this, since Aug.1,2005, C.D.C.(Center for Disease Control, R.O.C.(Taiwan)) has promoted Harm Reduction Program for drug abuse patients in control of spurting question of drug abuse/AIDS overflowing.
We adopt the analysis frame of social marketing in this research to inspect the promotion of Harm Reduction Program at present government. Through questionnaire survey, we in death understand their contact situation and views of Harm Reduction Program from the mass population and the stakeholders(drug abusers).
We visit 311 effective samples of opium-smoking prisoners(as drug group) to find out 84.9%(258) respondents has participated the declaration of health education of Harm Reduction Program during serving a sentence, 91.6%(282) has received information through newspaper, TV, broadcast, and brochure during serving a sentence, 89%(277) has got impression on C.D.C. slogans of ¡§Injecting drug, infecting AIDS¡¨, and the measure of offering needle and syringes exchange, methadone maintenance treatment, health education, and transferring/consulting service has accorded with the demand of drug abusers.
In addition, we visit 289 effective samples of the public (as general group) to find out only 12.5% (36 ) respondents has participated the declaration of health education of Harm Reduction Program during in the past year, 53.5%(153) has received information through newspaper, TV, broadcast, and brochure during in the past year, and 55%(159) has got impression on C.D.C. slogans of ¡§Injecting drug, infecting AIDS¡¨. Both the public and opium-smoking prisoners have affirmed the promotion of Harm Reduction Program, and most has identified with the importance of the execution of Harm Reduction Program.
We also find out 34%(99) respondents of the public has regarded famous actor as anti-drug spokesman can bring his attention and identification mostly, and moreover, 41%(128) respondents of opium-smoking prisoners has believed the declaration of acting as an example to others by the drug abstinence successfully is convincing most.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0823107-164221
Date23 August 2007
CreatorsHuang, Ling-huang
ContributorsHenry Y. Lo,, James C.T. Lee, Jen-Jsung Huang
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0823107-164221
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