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ArticleHarm reduction journal2023

A step change model analysis of the establishment of pill testing in one Australian jurisdiction.

David Caldicott, Toni Makkai, Malcolm McLeod, Stephanie Tzanetis, Gino Vumbaca

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Article in Harm reduction journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David CaldicottMedical School, Australian National University, Florey Building 54 Mills Road, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
Toni MakkaiCentre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University, RSSS Building, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
Malcolm McLeodResearch School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
Stephanie TzanetisHarm Reduction Australia, 17 Glenugie St, Maroubra, NSW, 2035, Australia.
Gino VumbacaHarm Reduction Australia, 17 Glenugie St, Maroubra, NSW, 2035, Australia. gino@3vc.com.au.
Australian National University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper applies the theory of change model (Kotter in Harv Bus Rev 2:59-67, 1995; Moore et al. in Viet Nam J Public Health 1(1):66-75, 2013) to describe the pathway that lead to Australia's first pill testing/drug checking services in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. The paper takes each step of the model and illustrates the key activities that largely occurred over an approximately 24 month period resulting in the service being operational on 29 April 2018. The paper demonstrates that leadership, advocacy and activism are key components, alongside evidence, to bringing about public policy change. It provides a unique insight to the extensive efforts undertaken to achieving the first legally sanctioned pill testing at festivals in Australia and provides a positive case study for those seeking to introduce contested harm reduction services in the drug and alcohol field.

Indexed as

Drug ContaminationPublic HealthAustraliaHarm ReductionHumansPublic PolicyHarm reductionPill testing/drug checkingPolicy changeService delivery

Identifiers

PMID38037064
PMCPMC10687965
OpenAlexW4389204827

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