This is despite the availability of harm reduction strategies, such as opioid substitution therapy and needle and syringe programs that are effective for the prevention of HCV infection among people who inject drugs. As safe, tolerable and effective HCV direct゛cting antiviral (DAA) therapy is ...
Areas investigated include: the use of epidemiological data as a foundation for many harm-reduction strategies, the failure of harm minimization theories to deal adequately with the role of discourse in the drug policy arena, the harm minimization claim to amorality, the use of a utilitarian set...
NSPs need to continuously adapt their harm reduction strategies to optimally target successive cohorts of PWID [44]. A significant difference in observability priorities among NSP providers who reported an evaluation process is likely due to their involvement in evaluating NSP effectiveness and noted ...
Harm Reduction in Europe: Histories, Choices and Hopes The Need for Intersectionality in Harm Reduction and Gender-Based Violence Edited by: Angela Dwyer,PhD, University of Tasmania, Australia Pranee Liamputtong,PhD, College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity, Vietnam ...
Reducing the spread of blood borne viruses (BBVs) and other injecting-related harm in prison will be best achieved by implementing specific evidence-based methods, a new consensus statement by The Harm Reduction in Prisons Working Group says.
Their efforts create spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies and build evidence-based strategies with and for people who use drugs. Contact us for Society support! Volunteer for your journal The Harm Reduction Journal is nothing without its ...
Impact of Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategies in Community Sports Clubs: Pilot Evaluation of the Good Sports Program. Health Psychology Impact of alcohol harm reduction strategies in community sports clubs: Pi- lot evaluation of the good sports program. Health Psychol. 2011 Dec 12. [Epub... BC Row...
Her motion will call on the ACT Government to consider ways to raise community awareness around the risks of online gambling and investigate increasing the Betting Operations Tax before diverting funds to harm minimisation strategies. The ACT Government will be asked to report back to the Assembly ...
Harm minimisation was broadly defined in terms of reducing patient harm from medication and drug and alcohol use, with stakeholders providing further detail on the three facets of Australia’s harm minimisation policy (i.e., demand, supply, and harm reduction). Pharmacy staff and stakeholders ident...
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