Should We Pay Drug Users to Get Vital Vaccines?

Published April 10, 2014

Should we pay drug users to get vital vaccines?
Giving heroin users vouchers in exchange for taking vaccines is the stuff of tabloid headlines. But it works, says addiction researcher Nicola Metrebian. How do you get more injecting drug users, who have a serious risk of getting and transmitting …
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Cash incentives make drug users more likely to get vaccinated against hepatitis
“Injecting drug users are at high risk of infection and transmission of hepatitis B. This is a potentially life-saving vaccine, and increasing its uptake among this group has important benefits to public health, as well as to the individual.” The …
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Supermarket vouchers improve completion of Hep B vaccination with drug users
The first UK trial of incentivising drug users to complete a hepatitis B vaccination course has had promising results. The hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects about 22 per cent of injecting drug users in the UK and it is estimated that about 15 to 25 per …
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