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Title: The material practices and social dimensions of community care among people who use, produce, and supply image and performance enhancing drugs.
Authors: Piatkowski, Timothy, Cox, Luke, van de Ven, Katinka, McVeigh, Jim
Source: Addiction Research & Theory. Oct2025, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p420-427. 8p.
Subjects: Substance abuse treatment, Safety, Health services accessibility, Community health services, Health attitudes, Anabolic steroids, Affinity groups, Interviewing, Health policy, Body image, Descriptive statistics, Harm reduction, Attitude (Psychology), Patient-centered care, Research methodology, Trust, Risk perception, Social support, Interpersonal relations, Data analysis software, Social stigma
Geographic Terms: Australia
Abstract: Background: People who use image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs) face intersecting challenges, including legal constraints, stigma, and inadequate healthcare support, which perpetuate health risks. Peer-led harm reduction practices emerge as vital alternatives, fostering trust, sharing ethnopharmacological knowledge, and addressing gaps left by formal systems. This study explored how care and connoisseurship are enacted within IPED communities, emphasizing peer roles in navigating risks, enhancing safety, and reshaping care practices through collective expertise. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with four men explored IPED manufacture, supply, and harm reduction practices. Using a Science and Technology Studies-informed case approach, analysis foregrounded relational and socio-material dynamics, challenging deficit-based narratives and offering insights into how community care is enacted through peer-led harm reduction and what this could mean for policy development. Results: People who use IPEDs transition from consumption to production and supply as a response to inadequate mainstream healthcare and systemic barriers. Participants highlighted tensions with socio-legal and medical frameworks, navigating these barriers through collective connoisseurship. By fostering relational practices of community care, they ensured quality, safety, and informed use, challenging traditional harm discourses and emphasizing the social and material interplay shaping safer-use strategies. Conclusions: The community collectively demonstrate a commitment to community-driven care, contrasting sharply with their experiences of formal healthcare. Our analysis directs more careful consideration to the potential for rethinking health interventions to align with community-led approaches that emphasize autonomy, peer support, and relational care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Background: People who use image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs) face intersecting challenges, including legal constraints, stigma, and inadequate healthcare support, which perpetuate health risks. Peer-led harm reduction practices emerge as vital alternatives, fostering trust, sharing ethnopharmacological knowledge, and addressing gaps left by formal systems. This study explored how care and connoisseurship are enacted within IPED communities, emphasizing peer roles in navigating risks, enhancing safety, and reshaping care practices through collective expertise. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with four men explored IPED manufacture, supply, and harm reduction practices. Using a Science and Technology Studies-informed case approach, analysis foregrounded relational and socio-material dynamics, challenging deficit-based narratives and offering insights into how community care is enacted through peer-led harm reduction and what this could mean for policy development. Results: People who use IPEDs transition from consumption to production and supply as a response to inadequate mainstream healthcare and systemic barriers. Participants highlighted tensions with socio-legal and medical frameworks, navigating these barriers through collective connoisseurship. By fostering relational practices of community care, they ensured quality, safety, and informed use, challenging traditional harm discourses and emphasizing the social and material interplay shaping safer-use strategies. Conclusions: The community collectively demonstrate a commitment to community-driven care, contrasting sharply with their experiences of formal healthcare. Our analysis directs more careful consideration to the potential for rethinking health interventions to align with community-led approaches that emphasize autonomy, peer support, and relational care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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