After a decade of steady diffusion in the drugs field, the harm reduction movement, posing pragmatic public health solutions based on empirical analysis, is still hindered by dissension and general confusion as to its underlying ideals. Despite having short-term political advantages, its 'value-neutr...
shooting in a pornographic way. I wanted to shoot in a way that suited the harm reduction model of being honest and non-judgmental. Early in the process Greg said, “Just show us for what we
The presumption of a rapid onset for withdrawal is reflected in DSM-III and DSM-III-R which indicate that withdrawal "symptoms begin within 24 hours of cessation or reduction in nicotine use," but again, no reference is provided [2, 3]. The scientific method demands that theories such as ...
This study introduces the concept of age logics in social work and do so by investigating the use of age in wet eldercare facilities, a type of harm reduction arrangements for older people. These settings are for people over 50 years of age with long term substance misuse. No treatment is...
. Following this logic, it seems clear that harm reduction is assumed to be stronger when value-neutral in appearance because it can rest on the higher grounds of evidence rather than having to descend into messy politics and morality. This amoral and evidence-based take on harm reduction ...
摘要: Explores the implications of the potential health benefits of moderate drinking for preventive education and alcohol policies. Advantages of a harm-reduction approach to alcohol problems; Programs to prevent heavy drinking occasions.DOI: 10.1177/009145099402100206 ...
The goal of this paper is to both understand and depathologize clinically significant mental distress related to criminalized contact with psychoactive biotic substances by employing a framework known as critical political ecology of health and disease f
The participants operate according to moral codes that often parallel logics of morality commonly found throughout both mainstream and drug cultures that serve important functions within drug culture and that designate the conditions under which violent crime is and is not justified and the types of ...
According to the model, preven- tion of NTDs increases in a dose-responsive fashion as intake of FA increases. Mandated fortification has been associated with a reduction in the NTD rate of 27% in U.S. programs that surveyed all NTD-affected pregnancies (live births, still births, fetal ...
We left all other model parameters constant for these sensitivity analyses. Following the same logic, we conducted two sensitivity analyses to test how different drops for adverse events impacted on the results. In one sensitivity analysis, the drops increased less with severity than in the main ...