Some experts say harm reduction can help against opioid use disorder whether the person with the disorder is in treatment or not. If you or someone you know is addicted to opioids, you may be able to get care from a doctor who provides harm reduction techniques like these: Overdose medicine...
HIVSmokingHarm ReductionNicotineResults: Of 11,402 current smokers and 4919 former smokers, 4541 had tried and 839 had quit in the past 12 months. Unaided quit attempts were the most common; the number was almost as high as all single methods combined (n = 1797 and n = 1831 respectively)...
Harm reduction is a specific school of practice in public health and safety that aims to reduce the harm caused by certain behaviors without requiring the full elimination of the behavior. For example, harm reduction involved in the practice of drug use can include policies and programs for ...
association of reduced risky alcohol consumption with the implementation of the Good Sports Programme (GSP)鈥攁 programme that accredits clubs in three stages, on the basis of their implementation of alcohol-related harm reduction strategies... B Rowland,F Allen,JW Toumbourou - 《Journal of Epidem...
ten smokers will continue to smoke. In numerical terms, this means that leading public health agencies estimate that there will still be approximately one billion smokers in 2025—roughly the same number as today. This demonstrates that cessation strategies alone, while effective, are not sufficient...
There are around one billion smokers in the world, and based on current trends this figure is not expected to change in the near future. This demonstrates that cessation strategies alone, while effective, are not sufficient. Today, scientifically substantiated better alternatives to smoking exist ...
Homelessness and drug use often overlap and the harms of substance use are exacerbated by homelessness. Responding to the twin problems of homelessness and substance use is an important aspect of strategies to end homelessness. The introduction and development of ten year plans to end homelessness...
Microaggressions originate from some of the same core ideas discussed earlier about minorities or marginalized people. For example, that they're not smart or don't belong in tech. But microaggressions are different from overtly racist, sexist, or homophobic acts or comments because...
Social Science and Medicine (2005) S. Burris et al. Addressing the “Risk Environment” for injection drug users: The mysterious case of the missing cop Milbank Quarterly (2004) There are more references available in the full text version of this article. ...
What are the challenges of risk management? Risk initiatives also present various challenges, even for companies with mature GRC and risk management strategies. The following are some of the challenges risk management teams should expect to encounter: ...