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You just have to have other models, our DNA is different: the experiences of indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol accessing substance use treatment

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Objectives In Canada, and elsewhere, indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol (IPWUID/A) commonly experience vulnerability and a disproportionate burden of harm related to substance use.
Jennifer Lavalley, Shelda Kastor, Malcolm Tourangeau, Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, Ashley Goodman, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deliberate Self Harm in Children and Adolescents [PDF]

This study compared children and adolescents who had deliberately selfharmed (DSH) with those who had not using data routinely collected during assessment at a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The DSH group consisted of 64 boys and 194
McCarthy-Hoffbauer, Iris, McKenzie, Immanuel, Leach, Chris   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Measuring sustainability of opioid agonist therapy programs in the context of transition from Global Fund support

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Programmatic and financial sustainability of health responses dependent on donor funding has risen as a major concern. In the HIV field in particular, it generated a number of instruments and assessments on sustainability and processes related
Raminta Stuikyte, Ivan Varentsov, Catherine Cook, Sergii Dvoriak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hidden populations: discovering the differences between the known and the unknown drug using populations in the Republic of Georgia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background The HIV epidemic in Georgia is increasing. Data shows that compared to previous years, Georgia has increasingly more HIV-infected individuals than previous assessments. Select client groups remain hard to reach by harm reduction programs.
M. Gogia, C. Lawlor, N. Shengelia, K. Stvilia, H. F. Raymond   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing the nicotine content of tobacco by grafting with eggplant

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Nicotine is a stimulant and potent parasympathomimetic alkaloid that accounts for 96–98% of alkaloid content. A reduction in the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to achieve a non-addictive level is necessary.
Mengjuan Ren, Mengyue Zhang, Huijuan Yang, Hongzhi Shi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Gender affirming healthcare’ is not what the family physician needs to know

South African Family Practice
No abstract available.
Janet Giddy, Allan Donkin, Reitze Rodseth   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms for reducing cigar tobacco leaf irritancy during acidic fermentation

AMB Express
This study explored the effects of an acidic fermentation environment on the quality of cigar tobacco leaves using air-cured “Dexue 1” tobacco leaves as the raw material.
Wei Liu, Yuanyuan Zhao, Tian Zhou, Mengru Bai, Jun Wang, Caining Qi, Jiayi Li, Yanqing Qin, Hongzhi Shi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

FDNHSA’s response to KL Dunkle et al.’s ‘Upholding clinical integrity and South African relevance: A defence of the SASOP position statement on the care of transgender and non-binary youth’

South African Journal of Psychiatry
No abstract available.
Allan Donkin, Reitze Rodseth, Janet Giddy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harm reduction social work with people who use drugs : a qualitative interview study with social workers in harm reduction services in Sweden

, 2023
Background: Social work with people who use drugs (PWUD) has traditionally focused on abstinence and rehabilitation. In recent years, harm reduction has gained an increasingly more important role in social work with PWUD, and social workers are key ...
Richert, Torkel, Stallwitz, Anke, Richert, Torkel,, Stallwitz, Anke,, Nordgren, Johan, Nordgren, Johan,   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Being bullied during childhood and the prospective pathways to self-harm in late adolescence [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: To assess whether being bullied between 7 and 10 years of age is directly associated with self-harm in late adolescence when controlling for previous exposure to an adverse family environment (domestic violence, maladaptive parenting ...
Lereya, Suzet, Heron, Jon, Wolke, Dieter, Lewis, Glyn, Gunnell, David, Fisher, Helen L; id_orcid, Lereya, Suzet Tanya, Fisher, Helen L, Fisher, Helen L., Winsper, Catherine   +9 more
core   +1 more source