The state’s Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) program, which offers no-cost naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and corresponding educational materials for distribution by more than 200 partner sites across the state, does not provide xylazine test strips or educational materials at this time...
Investments in harm reduction supplies and services need to be expanded now. These investments should focus on increasing supplies for safer smoking, snorting, and injecting drug use, access to alternatives to non-beverage alcohol, and providing sanitising supplies and educational materials in harm ...
Harm reduction (HR) is an evidence-based strategy aimed at mitigating adverse health, social and legal impacts associated with substance use [1]. HR employs a spectrum of targeted interventions designed to help individuals meet their substance use goals without requiring strict abstinence. These inter...
Precursory Clinical Skills,Basic Harm Reduction Skills, Harm Reduction Principles,Harm Reduction Communication, andAdvanced Harm Reduction Skills. We classified the different educational themes along a continuum of knowledge from basic understanding of substance use to clinical ...
Psychological and housing supports; Peer support; Information and educational materials on NPS use, risks, overdose; Paraphernalia relevant to the needs of people who use NPS, including pipes, Vaseline, condoms, lubricants; Foil; Strategies to engage hard-to-reach groups, such as young people who...
Virtual harm reduction efforts for Internet gambling: effects of deposit limits on actual Internet sports gambling behavior. August 06, 2008 [ MEDLINE Abstract ] Accelerating harm reduction interventions to confront the HIV epidemic in the Western Pacific and Asia: the role of WHO (WPRO). ...
Harm reduction interventions for PWID Tailored interventions for PWID: The drop in center PWID and HIV treatment gaps Leave no one behind: Can we “normalize” HIV treatment at specialized centers for PWID? Looking ahead Conclusion Availability of data and materials Abbreviations References Acknowledgemen...
The long-term goal of this research is the reduction of overdose-related morbidity and mortality in Ohio and nationally. Study objectives and aims The research objectives of this study are: 1. Determine the feasibility and acceptability of providing FTS education and testing materials distribution ...
In any case, it seems reasonable to intensify educational measures for NPS users and ‘those interested in use’ (within the framework of selective and indicated prevention) concerning NPS and the associated legislation, preferably in combination with a wide range of harm reduction methods. Ideally,...
Harm Reduct J (2021) 18:76 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00513-4 RESEARCH Open Access Municipal police support for harm reduction services in officer‑led referrals of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico Pieter Baker1,2* , Jaime Arredondo3,4, Annick ...