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The effect of different types of migration on symptoms of anxiety or depression and experience of violence among people who use or inject drugs in Kachin State, Myanmar

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Evidence on the social determinants of mental health conditions and violence among people who inject or use drugs (PWUD) is limited, particularly in conflict-affected countries.
Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Lucy Platt, Murdo Bijl, Sujit D. Rathod, Aung Yu Naing, Bayard Roberts   +5 more
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Exactly Why Are Slurs Wrong?

Daimon, 2021
This article seeks to provide a comprehensive and fundamental account of why racial epithets and similar slurs are immoral, whenever they are. It considers three major theories, roughly according to which they are immoral because they are harmful ...
Thaddeus Metz
doaj   +1 more source

The changing pattern of the clinical characteristics of self-harm across the life-span: how do hospital services respond? [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction Self-harm is a substantial problem in the UK with significant human and economic costs. It is one of the most common reasons for acute admission to hospital in the UK and is an important risk factor for suicide.
Hall-Patch, Lyndsey Anne
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Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada, Makoto Harada, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takeshi Nakata, Koji Hashimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neo-colonialism and financing for the war on drugs: a review of current policy and recommendations for countries in the global north

Harm Reduction Journal
Globally, punitive drug control upholds racist and colonial structures. Marginalised and racialised communities, including Indigenous peoples, are disproportionately targeted and affected by punitive drug policy in law enforcement, judicial and carceral ...
Colleen Daniels, Naomi Burke-Shyne, Catherine Cook, Anoushka Beattie   +3 more
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Understanding Suicide and Self-harm

, 2023
The National Suicide Prevention Office (NSPO) was created in response to recommendations in the National Suicide Prevention Adviser's Final Advice. The NSPO has been charged with the task of ensuring a whole-of-government approach to suicide prevention ...
David Gunnell (41947), Mark Sinyor (5818126), Sarah Hetrick (6917003), JANE PIRKIS (1110077), Keith Hawton (165908), Paul Yip (255215), Thomas Niederkrotenthaler (9723929), Jo Robinson (13091226)   +7 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in Uremic Toxins From 1991 to 2024

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Uremic toxins are a growing area of research in nephrology, with significant implications in the progression and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the management of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD). This bibliometric analysis aims to evaluate the global research trends, key contributors, and the impact of publications in ...
Yuh‐Shan Ho, Karim M. Soliman, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Wannasit Wathanavasin, Ahmed Daoud, Ahmed I. Kamal, Balázs Szamosfalvi, Tibor Fülöp   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding access to harm reduction in rural communities through community-informed public health vending machines

Harm Reduction Journal
Background The opioid epidemic continues to disproportionately impact rural communities across the United States, where structural barriers, including geographic isolation, limited public health infrastructure, and heightened stigma, restrict access to ...
Lori Ann Eldridge, Christian Dotson, Lauren Harrell, Marcus Berry, Samantha Bradley, Alicia Brunelli, Jane Casarez, Virginia Fagg, Wendy Odum, Amanda McKenna-Williams, Kathleen L. Egan   +10 more
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Prognosis of Long‐Term Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and the Impact of Combined Continuous Intravenous Sodium Infusion Therapy

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Patients requiring long‐term continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) generally have poor prognoses. This study evaluated whether adding continuous intravenous sodium infusion (cIVNa) is associated with improved hemodynamics and outcomes in patients undergoing long‐term CRRT for ≥ 7 days.
Akinori Yamaguchi, Atsuyoshi Mita, Kosuke Sonoda, Makoto Harada, Koji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Imamura, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harm-Benefit Analyses Can Be Harmful

ILAR Journal, 2019
Abstract Harm-benefit analyses (HBAs) are becoming de rigueur with some governmental regulatory agencies and popular with local institutional animal care and use committees (or their equivalents), the latter due, in part, to the adoption of HBAs as an international accreditation standard.
openaire   +2 more sources