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Harm Reduction at Work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Outlines how hiring and mobilizing people who use drugs helps improve harm reduction programs. Offers policies for the workplace; strategies for recruitment, training, supervision, support, discipline, and conflict resolution; and two case ...
Cheryl White, Raffi Balian
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supply-side reduction policy and drug-related harm [PDF]

open access: yes
Large-scale seizures of cocaine, heroin and amphetamine-type substances (ATS) do not result in any reduction in overdoses on these drugs or on arrests for use and possession of these drugs, according to this report.
Don Weatherburn   +4 more
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Women, harm reduction, and HIV [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Based on a literature review, examines how gender affects women drug users' access to harm reduction, drug treatment, and sexual and reproductive health services -- and their risk of HIV infection.
Malinowska-Sempruch, Kasia   +1 more
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Motivational Interviewing Impact on Cardiovascular Disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
: Harm reduction in cardiovascular disease is a significant problem worldwide. Providers, families, and healthcare agencies are feeling the burdens imparted by these diseases.

core  

Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harm Reduction: Public Health and Public Order [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Reviews international literature on harm reduction programs and their impact on crime and public order, with a focus on medication-assisted treatment and needle exchange programs for drug ...

core  

Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating harm: considering harm reduction principles in work with sexually exploited young people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A growing awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the United Kingdom and throughout the world has prompted human service and legal/policy professionals to seek ways of engaging young people experiencing sexual exploitation, although much remains ...
Barter   +62 more
core   +2 more sources

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