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Research interviews on performance & image enhancing drugs

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Hey,

I’m an Australian researcher from Curtin University’s National Drug Research Institute. I’ve approached BFG and the mods and have been verified and given permission to post.

We’re doing an Australian study (in-depth interviews in Victoria, NSW, QLD) of men’s experiences injecting performance and image enhancing drugs, how they make decisions about their use, and their perspectives on related health issues.

We’re interested in how men use steroids (e.g. Injecting, orals, stacking, cycles), how it makes them feel, how they make decisions about their use, along with the social factors shaping use (e.g. supply, packaging, information exchange in forums, relationships with other people who use steroids, relationships with partners, training environments).

We’ve interviewed ten men in Victoria so far and would really like to speak to another ten. Then we are conducting interviews in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.

The interviews are entirely confidential and will be de-identified to protect your privacy. On this front, the research team has heaps of experience working with people that take illicit drugs and who are involved in criminalized activities. Participants are reimbursed $50 for their time.

I understand people are private but the research team would really like to draw on lived expertise and knowledge to improve our understandings of steroids use and produce better resources and responses that are informed by lived experience to minimize potential health risks.

I’m hoping that some Australian based readers might be interested in participating. To do so, you can contact Aaron Hart on 0413 952 169 or hit us up on our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/performanceandimageenhancingdrugs/

You can also just send me a message here for further information, to ask questions or to set up an interview time.

Thanks

Renae