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Substance use patterns, sociodemographics, and health …

WEBIn 2021, an estimated 106,699 drug-involved overdose deaths occurred in the United States (US), a record-high and astonishing twofold increase from 52,404 deaths …

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Impact of tobacco and/or nicotine products on health …

WEBMeasuring self-reported experience of health and functioning is important for understanding the changes in the health status of individuals switching from cigarettes …

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Harm reduction workforce, behavioral health, and service …

WEBHarm reduction is an evidence-based community driven approach that works directly with people who use drugs in order to prevent drug overdose and infectious …

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Best practices for community-based overdose education …

WEBOpioid-related overdose deaths have surged in the USA over the last two decades. Overdose fatalities are preventable with the timely administration of naloxone. …

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Health, harm reduction, and social service providers’ …

WEBStudy design and sample. From April to November 2021, we conducted qualitative interviews with health, harm reduction, and social service providers who were …

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The challenges, opportunities and strategies of engaging …

WEBThe meaningful inclusion of young people who use or have used drugs is a fundamental aspect of harm reduction, including in program design, research, service …

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Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings

WEBHarm reduction refers to interventions aimed at reducing the negative effects of health behaviors without necessarily extinguishing the problematic health behaviors …

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“Maybe if I stop the drugs, then maybe they’d …

WEBIn 2010, mental and substance use disorders were estimated to account for 22.9% of years lived with disability (YLDs) worldwide and 7.4% of all disability-adjusted …

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Predictors of hepatitis C treatment outcomes in a harm …

WEBThe social determinants of health that influence steps in the entire Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) treatment cascade must be identified to achieve HCV elimination goals. …

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Structural stigma within inpatient care for people who …

WEBBackground Individuals suffering with addiction have historically experienced disproportionally high levels of stigma. The process of inpatient care for those with …

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“As safe as possible”: a qualitative study of opioid withdrawal and

WEBOpioid withdrawal is a regular occurrence for many people who use illicit opioids (PWUIO) involving acute physical and psychological pain that can sometimes be …

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Naloxone and the Inner City Youth Experience (NICYE): a …

WEBBackground Take home naloxone (THN) programs reduce mortality by training bystanders to respond to opioid overdoses. Clinical observation by the health …

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“Everything is kind of the same except my mind is with me”: …

WEBMost addiction treatment settings, mutual aid groups, and research on recovery posit that recovery is built upon a foundation of abstinence from psychoactive …

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Hostility, compassion and role reversal in West Virginia’s long …

WEBWest Virginia is a largely rural state with strong ties of kinship, mutual systems of support and charitable giving. At the same time, wealth inequalities are …

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“They look at us like junkies”: influences of drug use stigma on the

WEBBackground People who inject drugs (PWID) are a medically and socially vulnerable population with a high incidence of overdose, mental illness, and infections …

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Come back when you’re infected: pharmacy access to sterile …

WEBPharmacies are critical healthcare partners in community efforts to eliminate bloodborne illnesses. Pharmacy sale of sterile syringes is central to this effort. A mixed …

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Harm reduction stories: leveraging graphic medicine to engage …

WEBHarm reduction strategies can decrease morbidity and mortality associated with substance use. Various barriers limit conversation around substance use between …

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Implementation opportunities and challenges to piloting a …

WEBIn response to the overdose crisis, a collaborative group of two community-based organizations, a health authority and a research institute in Vancouver, Canada, …

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The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and …

WEBIn the Global South, young people who use drugs (YPWUD) are exposed to multiple interconnected social and health harms, with many low- and middle-income …

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Barriers to access to hepatitis C treatment with direct-acting

WEBHepatitis C elimination has been a public health challenge for the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2016, whose goals are to reduce incident cases by 90% and …

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Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central

WEBBioMed Central Page 1 of 6 (page number not for citation purposes) Harm Reduction Journal Research Open Access Sterile syringe access an d disposal among injection …

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