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Harm Reduction Toxic Drug Crisis IH - Interior Health

(4 days ago) WebHarm reduction is an evidence-based practice that aims to keep people safe and minimize death, disease, and injury from behaviour that involves risk, such as substance use and sexual activity. Interior Health would like to recognize and acknowledge the traditional, …

https://www.interiorhealth.ca/health-and-wellness/mental-health-and-substance-use/toxic-drug-crisis/harm-reduction

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Toolkit FULL - Youth Harm Reduction - Interior Health

(7 days ago) WebHarm reduction is an umbrella term for programs, policies and practices that aim to reduce the negative consequences associated with behaviors that are typically considered high …

https://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/default/files/PDFS/toolkit-youth-harm-reduction.pdf

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Safety First: Real Drug Education for Teens Educator’s Guide

(7 days ago) WebIn 2022, the DPA gave permission for Interior Health’s Youth Harm Reduction Program to adapt the resource for use in British Columbia, Canada. Most lessons are approximately …

https://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/default/files/PDFS/safety-first-educators-guide.pdf

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Interior Health opens 1-stop shop for harm reduction services in

(9 days ago) WebThe Interior Health authority has restructured its harm reduction services, putting them under one roof at a new site in downtown Kelowna, B.C. Located in the old Vancouver Career …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/interior-health-one-stop-shop-harm-reduction-downtown-kelowna-1.5969072

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UBCO and Interior Health offer free, confidential drug checking

(7 days ago) WebUBC Okanagan’s Harm Reduction Team, in partnership with Interior Health, is taking its confidential drug-checking service to communities across the region in an effort to save …

https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2021/03/04/ubco-and-interior-health-offer-free-confidential-drug-checking/

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Resources - ANKORS

(1 days ago) WebGuide to Harm Reduction for Frontline Staff. The purpose of this manual is to provide you, the health care worker, with the tools and knowledge to successfully engage and support …

https://ankors.bc.ca/resources/

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Harm Reduction Toxic Drug Crisis IH - Interior Health

(8 days ago) WebHarm reduction is an evidence-based practice that aims to keep people safe and minimize death, disease, and injury from behavior that involves risk, such as substance use and …

https://preprod.interiorhealth.ca/health-and-wellness/mental-health-and-substance-use/toxic-drug-crisis/harm-reduction

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Interior Health Drug Checking

(4 days ago) Web1. Mix sample with water. A small sample of your substance (size of a grain of salt) is mixed with 30 mL (1 oz) of water (the same size as a shot glass). 2. Dip the Strip. Test strip is …

https://drugchecking.ca/

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Harm Reduction Community Partners IH - Interior Health

(3 days ago) WebYouth Harm Reduction: A toolkit for service providers. This toolkit was designed to assist Interior Health staff, community partners, schools and others who work with youth to find …

https://preprod.interiorhealth.ca/information-for/community-partners/harm-reduction

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Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings - PMC

(3 days ago) WebApplying harm reduction principles in health and healthcare settings may improve clinical care outcomes given that the quality of the provider-patient relationship is known to …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655864/

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Toolkit FULL - Youth Harm Reduction - Interior Health

(1 days ago) WebA harm reduction approach can be used to support youth with a variety of topics. This toolkit focuses primarily on substance use and sexual health. This toolkit was designed to help …

https://preprod.interiorhealth.ca/sites/default/files/PDFS/toolkit-youth-harm-reduction.pdf

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Pathways Harm Reduction Supplies and Services

(8 days ago) WebProvided by Interior Health Offers safer injection, inhalation and sex supplies along with education, counselling, testing, treatment, referrals, and general health care. Harm …

https://interior-west.pathwaysbc.ca/programs/775

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What Is Harm Reduction and How Does It Work? - Cleveland Clinic …

(7 days ago) WebAbstinence is the practice of restraining yourself from indulging in substances like alcohol and drugs. “Harm reduction is about helping to get people to abstinence if they can get …

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-is-the-harm-reduction-model

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Health Professionals Toward the Heart

(7 days ago) WebHealth professionals and service providers have an important role to play in harm reduction. This area contains resources and other information to help those on the front line and …

https://towardtheheart.com/health-professionals

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What Is Harm Reduction? - Bloomberg School of Public Health

(6 days ago) WebHarm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions. But the concept relies on more than …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/what-is-harm-reduction

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About Toward the Heart Toward the Heart

(2 days ago) WebHarm Reduction Works. Research shows harm reduction activities do not encourage substance use. In fact, they are more likely than other methods to encourage people who …

https://towardtheheart.com/about

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Harm Reduction National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

(1 days ago) WebHarm reduction approaches help reduce certain health and safety issues associated with drug use. 1 As a model of substance use care distinct from treatment or recovery …

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/harm-reduction

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