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dc.contributor.authorMaycock, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorHowat, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:06:10Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:06:10Z
dc.date.created2009-03-05T00:55:33Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationMaycock, Bruce and Howat, Peter. 2005. Overcoming the barriers to initiating illegal anabolic steroid use. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 14 (4): pp. 317-325.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8345
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09687630500103622
dc.description.abstract

This paper summarizes the self-reported barriers that men overcame prior to initiating illegal anabolic steroid use, and the associated weakening of social controls that restrict anabolic steroid initiation. Data was collected via participant observation of 147 anabolic steroid users and previous users, 98 in-depth interviews with 42 anabolic steroid users and 49 in-depth interviews with 22 illegal dealers. Additional data came from interviews and eight focus groups with gym instructors, personal trainers and health workers, and the monitoring of policy changes and media reports relating to anabolic steroids.The identified barriers included, coping with potential stigma, gathering of credible information and overcoming structural and resource barriers including developing the skills required to administer the drug and gaining a supply source. As these barriers were overcome there was a reduction in the social controls that inhibit the initiation of illegal anabolic steroid use. By understanding the interaction between potential users, social controls and these barriers it may be possible to strengthen the barriers and hence delay or halt the progression to anabolic steroid use. The paper suggests several demand- and harm-reduction strategies that may assist this process.

dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.titleOvercoming the barriers to initiating illegal anabolic steroid use
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume14
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage317
dcterms.source.endPage325
dcterms.source.issn09687637
dcterms.source.titleDrugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
curtin.departmentWestern Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research (Curtin Research Centre)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.facultySchool of Public Health
curtin.facultyWestern Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research (WACHPR)


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