Sexual behaviours of men who inject drugs in Northeast IndiaHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 12 - Trang 1-10 - 2015
Michelle Kermode, Greg Armstrong, Gajendra Kumar Medhi, Chumben Humtsoe, Biangtung Langkham, Jagadish Mahanta
Promoting safer sex behaviours among people who inject drugs is important as drug-using populations with high HIV prevalence can contribute to transition from a concentrated to a generalised epidemic. This study describes the sexual behaviours of men who inject drugs in two Northeast Indian states (Manipur and Nagaland) where HIV prevalence is high, with a focus on the HIV risks for their regular ...... hiện toàn bộ
Overview of harm reduction in prisons in seven European countriesHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 13 - Trang 1-13 - 2016
Gen Sander, Alessio Scandurra, Anhelita Kamenska, Catherine MacNamara, Christina Kalpaki, Cristina Fernandez Bessa, Gemma Nicolás Laso, Grazia Parisi, Lorraine Varley, Marcin Wolny, Maria Moudatsou, Nuno Henrique Pontes, Patricia Mannix-McNamara, Sandro Libianchi, Tzanetos Antypas
While the last decade has seen a growth of support for harm reduction around the world, the availability and accessibility of quality harm reduction services in prison settings is uneven and continues to be inadequate compared to the progress achieved in the broader community. This article provides a brief overview of harm reduction in prisons in Catalonia (Spain), Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, ...... hiện toàn bộ
Hiring, training, and supporting Peer Research Associates: Operationalizing community-based research principles within epidemiological studies by, with, and for women living with HIVHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 16 - Trang 1-13 - 2019
Angela Kaida, Allison Carter, Valerie Nicholson, Jo Lemay, Nadia O’Brien, Saara Greene, Wangari Tharao, Karène Proulx-Boucher, Rebecca Gormley, Anita Benoit, Mélina Bernier, Jamie Thomas-Pavanel, Johanna Lewis, Alexandra de Pokomandy, Mona Loutfy
A community-based research (CBR) approach is critical to redressing the exclusion of women—particularly, traditionally marginalized women including those who use substances—from HIV research participation and benefit. However, few studies have articulated their process of involving and engaging peers, particularly within large-scale cohort studies of women living with HIV where gender, cultural an...... hiện toàn bộ
Providing reproductive health services for women who inject drugs: a pilot programHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 17 Số 1 - 2020
Lauren Owens, Kelly Gilmore, Mishka Terplan, Sarah Prager, Elizabeth Micks
Abstract
Background
Needle syringe programs (NSPs), a proven harm reduction strategy for people who inject drugs, frequently offer limited healthcare services for their clients. Women who inject drugs face multiple barriers to accessing reproductive health care in traditional settings: personal histories of trauma, judgmental trea...... hiện toàn bộ
The acceptability of overdose alert and response technologies: introducing the TPOM-ODART frameworkHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 20 - Trang 1-10 - 2023
Josh Dumbrell, Hadi Daneshvar, Alberto Oteo, Alexander Baldacchino, Catriona Matheson
Opioids were implicated in approximately 88,000 fatal overdoses (OD) globally. However, in principle all opioid OD are reversible with the timely administration of naloxone hydrochloride. Despite the widespread availability of naloxone among people who use opioids (PWUO), many who suffer fatal OD use alone, without others present to administer the reversal agent. Recognising this key aspect of the...... hiện toàn bộ
Substance abuse and pharmacy practice: what the community pharmacist needs to know about drug abuse and dependenceHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 1 - Trang 1-15 - 2004
Anthony C Tommasello
Pharmacists, the most accessible of health care professionals, are well positioned to help prevent and treat substance use disorders and should prepare themselves to perform these functions. New research improves our knowledge about the pharmacological and behavioral risks of drug abuse, supports the clinical impression that drug dependence is associated with long-lasting neurochemical changes, an...... hiện toàn bộ