Harm Reduction Strategies for People Who Inject Drugs
A Missing Piece to the Holistic Care of Patients Who Inject Drugs ...
AbstractBackground. The rise in injection drug use (IDU) has led to an increase in drug-related infections. Harm reduction is an important strategy for pre.
Prevention and harm reduction - Department of Health, Victoria
Prevention strategies for alcohol and other drugs are aimed at preventing their use in the case of illegal drugs, or harmful use in the case ...
What Is Harm Reduction? | Johns Hopkins
Harm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions.
People who inject drugs - Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes
People who inject drugs are at increased risk of HIV, viral hepatitis C (HCV) and B (HBV), tuberculosis as well as overdose. Globally, around 11 million ...
Harm reduction | Programs and initiatives | City of Philadelphia
Naloxone (Narcan®). Naloxone is a prescription medicine that reverses opioid overdoses. It temporarily blocks the effect of opioids and helps a ...
Reducing the harm of drug use and dependence
Introduction. Historically, substance abuse treatment focused on reducing or eliminating drug use, neglecting the prevention of the adverse consequences of ...
Harm reduction, or harm minimization, refers to a range of intentional practices and public health policies designed to lessen the negative social and/or ...
Harm reduction for people who use drugs - Wayne State University
February 2023 Download Harm reduction for behavioral health practitioners Download slides Improving law enforcement responses to substance use through harm ...
Introduction to Harm Reduction Video Series
Remember that while a patient is actively experiencing opioid withdrawal symptoms they have limited ability to concentrate, follow directions, or modulate ...
Harm reduction among people who inject drugs in Mexico
It seeks to reduce the social, economic, and health harm associated with substance abuse without requiring people to quit using substances.
How Should Harm Reduction Be Included in Care Continua for ...
Evidence-based harm reduction interventions include naloxone and syringe service programs. Improving equitable outcomes for those with opioid use disorder (OUD) ...
Safer Injection Drug Use - NC Harm Reduction Coalition
Injecting drugs can be a risky business: bad dope, bad cuts, abscesses, nerve damage, embolisms, overdoses, & collapsed veins. But you can make injecting ...
They may also distribute the overdose reversal medication naloxone, fentanyl test strips, condoms, or other supplies to prevent infectious diseases or overdose.
Harm Reduction - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Overdose prevention (naloxone education and prescription). •. Information regarding access to sterile syringe programs. •. Safe injection or use education. •.
Harm reduction services for people who use drugs (PWUD) include, but are not limited to, provision of supplies such as naloxone, fentanyl test ...
Harm reduction & HIV | International AIDS Society (IAS)
I come here every day, inject my dope safely, clean my clothes, sleep for a few hours knowing that nothing bad is going to happen, have something to eat, ...
Substance Abuse Prevention and Control - Harm Reduction
Harm reduction is an evidence-based public health approach that aims to reduce the negative consequences associated with substance use.
Advice if you inject drugs | NHS inform
What you should know if you are an injecting drug user, including advice about drug injection and avoiding overdose.
Assessing the Educational Needs of Family Medicine Residents in ...
Background and Objectives: Rates of injection drug use and associated medical complications have increased, yet engagement of persons who inject drugs (PWID) in ...
Harm Reduction Strategies - Washington State Health Care Authority
Programs can help people who use drugs stay healthy. SSPs provide clean syringes and injection equipment, syringe disposal, naloxone, and access to ...