Harm reduction for PWID includes needle-syringe programs (NSPs) and opioid substitution therapy (OST) but often coupled with antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of each harm reduction strategy. This commentary discusses the evidence ...
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Harm reduction is both a policy approach and used to describe a specific set of interventions. These interventions aim to reduce the harms associated with drug use. Employing a strict definition of harm reduction, evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug ...
Changes in harm reduction self-efficacy of the intervention group were compared with the control group using paired and independentt-test. Most of PWID were male (84%), had a secondary school and lower education (71%), were single, and had a mean age of 41 years. They had been ...
The effectiveness of harm reduction in preventing HIV among injecting drug users There is now compelling evidence that harm reduction approaches to HIV prevention among injecting drug users are effective, safe and cost-effective. The ev... A Wodak,L Maher - 《New South Wales Public Health Bulleti...
12-Step Treatment for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Revisited: Best Available Evidence Suggests Lack of Effectiveness or Harm Substance abuse treatmentEffectivenessApproaches incorporating 12-Step beliefs and practices have dominated substance abuse treatment despite a lack of empirical ... JC Miller - 《Int...
Similarly, various harm reduction strategies... E Wood,M Mckinnon,R Strang,... - Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal 被引量: 26发表: 2012年 Cost Effectiveness of Oromucosal Cannabis-Based Medicine (Sativex) for Spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis. Background: ...
Testing the effectiveness of an educational intervention aimed at changing attitudes to self-harm (2007). Testing the effectiveness of an educational intervention aimed at changing attitudes to self-harm. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,... Z Ying - 《Journal of Psychiatric & Mental...
19 In addition, the reduction in weight found after 12 months in our study (−3.3 kg) is greater than in a meta-analysis analyzing lifestyle interventions for weight management in people with SMI.14 This meta-analysis of 32 studies found a pooled effect of −2.2 kg.14 Similarly, in ...
The explanation for the low uptake and poor coverage of harm reduction in Nepal needs further investigation using both quantitative and qualitative research since diverse group dynamics with different preferences, behaviours and circumstances, require tailored solutions, specifically adapted to the setting ...