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Co-financed
by the European Commission
DG Health |
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neither
the European Commission nor any person acting on its behalf is liable
for any use made of this information |
Participation
of East European members is financed by
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| Expert
group: Hard to reach groups: youth at risk - Bluepoint |
| Background
( description of the situation and the field the activity
takes place) |
| “Youth
at risk” is a hard to reach group in the area of recreational
drug use. As the health risks are present and relevant, party
services provide harm reduction services, like building up special
chill-out zone on rave-parties, which provide free water, glucose,
condoms and information leaflets about drugs, relevant services
(drug-therapy, counseling etc.) and help conversations with
peers. Often, services are well known and popular in the underground
scene (goa, dnb, breakbeat), but hardly known or accepted by
the mainstream (techno, trance, clubbing) although the drug
consumption is on the same very high (or sometimes even higher)
level, than it is in the underground scenes.. |
| Aims/Goals |
| Bluepoint
Party Service carries out harm reduction activities in Hungary
and organizes chill out rooms on underground parties in Hungary.
The main aim of the project is to create access to harm reduction
services within the mainstream rave-party scene. Since this
target group is not reached through the basic services (chill-out
zone on the party) this access can be provided by internet and
leaflets. These methods should lead to the formation of new
peer groups, providing the same services, which Bluepoint already
carries out within the underground scene. This campaign will
influence both: the risk behavior of the target group as well
as the attitude of the organizers, which could finally open
closed doors for harm reduction activities on their events |
| Objectives/activities |
The
expert group will support and discuss the activities of the
project and exchange experiences on the issues.
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Collect the basic parameters and needs of the subculture
in order to set up a specific campaign, conform to their
needs and the perception of their environment (in close
cooperation with the research section).
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Development of a website with clear and obvious information
for users: how to use drugs, how to prevent short and long
term effects of drug consumption. For parents we will have
a specific section, providing honest and clear information
about the party scene and drug use in particular. Website
will contain online questionnaires, descriptions and user
groups. The website will promote mutual support and will
define risk behaviour, in order to create risk awareness
among young drug users.
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Produce a manual with the complete know-how of the Party
Service, also provided as pdf-file on the website.
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All materials will be published for offline promotion of
the campaign.
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| Methods |
The
main working method for the expert group will be structured
e-mail discussions and exchange of working documents. The project
will use the following methods:
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statistic surface and online questionnaires on the website
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outreach, distributing leaflets
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training of peers
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media campaign
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setting up a panel of players in the field.
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| Results/outputs |
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Access to harm reduction messages and health services for
the mainstream rave-party scene
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User friendly, objective website and leaflets with information
on drugs and drug problems within the party scene
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Development and description of a model for harm reduction
within the rave-party scene.
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