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The Injective Drug Users (IDU) is considered to be most susceptible to blood borne diseases and Harm Reduction approach is vital in containing the epidemic of such contagion and depleting the threat eventually. This paper applies mixed methods to identify the commitment and activity of Drop in ...
From harm reduction to drug user abstinence: A journey in drug treatment policy. Journal of Substance Use. 2011 June;16(3):179-94.McKeganey, N. (2011). From harm reduction to drug user abstinence: A journey in drug treatment policy. Journal of Substance Use, 16(3), 179-194. doi:...
Reid G, Costigan G, eds: Revisiting 'The Hidden Epidemic'-A Situation Assessment of Drug Use in Asia in the Context of HIV/AIDS. 2002, Australia: The Centre for Harm Reduction, The Burnet Institute, 20-26. United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC): Afghanistan: Opium Survey 2003...
CONCLUSION: Under the harm reduction model, social work intervention would be geared toward community prevention work and early treatment of drug users to monitor their use and life style. Because the abstinence model emphasizes treatment after the drug dependent has 'hit his or her bottom,' an ...
Civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have played an active role in advocating for harm reduction approaches and people who use drugs’ (PWUD) rights, and to include them in health and development policies. The Middle East and North Africa Association ...
Background: Ecological momentary assessments (EMA) can improve data accuracy and be useful for understanding the real-time co-occurrence of drug use and harm reduction service utilization among people who inject drugs (PWID); however, feasibility and acceptability of EMA in this population is unknown...
Above all, it means governments leading the way. When I was Prime Minister of Portugal, we implemented non-criminal responses to drug possession for personal use, while cracking down on traffickers and re-allocating resources to prevention, treatment and harm-reduction measures.As a result, drug ...
Above all, it means governments leading the way. When I was Prime Minister of Portugal, we implemented non-criminal responses to drug possession for personal use, while cracking down on traffickers and re-allocating resources to prevention, treatment and harm-reduction measures. ...