Novel harm reduction measures at music festivals in Australia: Pilot implementation of the Emerging Drugs Network of Australia–Victoria toxicosurveillance methodology
EDNAV toxicosurveillance serves as an additional tool within a multi-faceted approach to harm reduction at festivals. Continued data collection will allow for the characterisation of high-risk drug use patterns to provide evidence-based messaging to festival patrons and key stakeholders.
Authors
- Tom Lyons
- Rebekka Syrjanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-164X)
- Dimitri Gerostamoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-8235)
- Jennifer Schumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8870-6272)
- Ginny McKinnon
- Shaun L. Greene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7423-2467)
- Martin Dutch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1074-8699)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Austin Hospital (AU)
- Government of Victoria (AU)
- Ambulance Victoria (AU)
- Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13922
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.70
Funders
- Department of Health and Human Services, State Government of Victoria
- Department of Health, State Government of Victoria
- Barwon Health Foundation
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council