Conner, Christopher N., authorDickinson, Greg, advisorAoki, Eric, advisorMacDonald, Bradley, committee member2007-01-032007-01-032011http://hdl.handle.net/10217/49868This study provides qualitative analysis of intra- and intergroup communication dynamics between injection drug users experiencing homelessness and people who do not inject. The analysis is grounded in Classical categories of techne and phronesis with expressive modes of mimetic and diegetic learning. Analysis also considers functional uses of public secrecy in discourses about injection drug use and secrecy's effects on social appropriations of phronesis, techne, and subjective identity with injection. This study presents five unique case studies of interviews with injection drug users experiencing homelessness in Denver, Colorado to discuss how themes of injection drug use are experienced, and/or communicated at the street level. Particular attention is directed to themes of initiation to injection drug use. This study is informed by a harm reduction curriculum set forth by the Break the Cycle program and the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver, Colorado.born digitalmasters thesesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.harm reductioncommunicationheroininitiationinjection drug usesecrecyText