Healthy nightclubs and recreational substance use: From a harm minimisation to a healthy settings approach
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In: Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 27, No. 6, 09.10.2002, p. 1025-35.
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T1 - Healthy nightclubs and recreational substance use
T2 - From a harm minimisation to a healthy settings approach
AU - Bellis, Mark A
AU - Hughes, Karen
AU - Lowey, Helen
PY - 2002/10/9
Y1 - 2002/10/9
N2 - Recent trends identify a global rise in the use of drugs such as ecstasy as part of nightlife behaviour. In order to protect young people's health, a variety of harm reduction interventions have been implemented, often focusing on the direct effects of substance use. However, the risk to health posed by substances is also related to the nightlife environmental in which they are used. A healthy settings approach to nightclubs allows environmental issues and substance use to be tackled together. Consequently, a wider range of individuals and organisations feel capable of participating in the risk reduction process. Some countries have already developed integrated approaches to nightlife health. However, growth in international travel associated with nightlife and the additional risks posed by nightclubbing in an unfamiliar country mean that both interventions and basic health and safety measures are now required on an international basis.
AB - Recent trends identify a global rise in the use of drugs such as ecstasy as part of nightlife behaviour. In order to protect young people's health, a variety of harm reduction interventions have been implemented, often focusing on the direct effects of substance use. However, the risk to health posed by substances is also related to the nightlife environmental in which they are used. A healthy settings approach to nightclubs allows environmental issues and substance use to be tackled together. Consequently, a wider range of individuals and organisations feel capable of participating in the risk reduction process. Some countries have already developed integrated approaches to nightlife health. However, growth in international travel associated with nightlife and the additional risks posed by nightclubbing in an unfamiliar country mean that both interventions and basic health and safety measures are now required on an international basis.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Harm Reduction
KW - Health Promotion
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Noise
KW - Recreation
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Street Drugs
KW - Substance-Related Disorders
KW - Travel
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
KW - Review
U2 - 10.1016/S0306-4603(02)00271-X
DO - 10.1016/S0306-4603(02)00271-X
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12369470
VL - 27
SP - 1025
EP - 1035
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
SN - 0306-4603
IS - 6
ER -