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Sustainability of opioid agonist therapy programmes in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan and Ukraine in the context of transition from Global Fund support during 2020–2023

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Most national programmes of opioid agonist therapy (OAT) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are at a critical juncture for building their sustainability due to decreasing support from the Global Fund and other international HIV funders ...
Raminta Stuikyte, Ivan Varentsov, Naimdzhon Malikov, Sergii Dvoriak, Myroslava Filippovych, Alisher Latypov, Aleksei Kralko, Ala Iatco, Catherine Cook   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study of human rights violations faced by women who use drugs in Estonia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Estonia continues to have the highest prevalence of HIV among people who inject drugs, and the highest overdose mortality, in the European Union.
Arune Kontautaite, Daria Matyushina-Ocheret, Maria Plotko, Mikhail Golichenko, Mart Kalvet, Lena Antonova   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Bronze Age of drug checking: barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced drug checking amidst police violence and COVID-19

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Objectives Unpredictable fluctuations in the illicit drug market increase overdose risk. Drug checking, or the use of technology to provide insight into the contents of illicit drug products, is an overdose prevention strategy with an emerging evidence ...
Jennifer J. Carroll, Sarah Mackin, Clare Schmidt, Michelle McKenzie, Traci C. Green   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of harm reduction strategies in an occupational therapy life skills intervention [PDF]

, 2013
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston UniversityObjectives of Study: Harm reduction intervention strategies have the potential to support positive health outcomes. However, no studies have explored how these strategies can be implemented in an occupational therapy ...
Hellman, Miranda Renee
core   +1 more source

Harm-reduction approaches for self-cutting in inpatient mental health settings:development and preliminary validation of the Attitudes to Self-cutting Management (ASc-Me) Scale [PDF]

, 2018
IntroductionHarm-reduction approaches for self-harm in mental health settings have been under-researched.AimTo develop a measure of the acceptability of management approaches for self-cutting in mental health inpatient settings.MethodsStage one: scale ...
Bowers, Bowers, Bowers, Briere, Cabrera-Nguyen, Cichetti, Dack, Duperouzel, Duxbury, Edwards, Field, Fontaine, George, Gutridge, Hair, Hallgren, Henson, Holley, Information Centre for Health and Social Care, James, James, Lindgren, McAllister, Meltzer, Mokkink, Muir-Cochrane, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, National Institute of Health and Clinical Evidence (NICE), NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care, O'Donovan, O'Donovan, Patterson, Pembroke, Pengelly, Sansone, Shannon, Sinclair, Sullivan, Swannell, Tsiachristas, Urbina, Whittington, Wilstrand, Worthington, Zhang   +44 more
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Peer driven or driven peers? A rapid review of peer involvement of people who use drugs in HIV and harm reduction services in low- and middle-income countries

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Introduction Peer involvement of people who use drugs within HIV and harm reduction services is widely promoted yet under-utilised. Alongside political and financial barriers is a limited understanding of the roles, impacts, contexts and mechanisms for ...
Judy Chang, Shaun Shelly, Machteld Busz, C. Stoicescu, Arif Rachman Iryawan, D. Madybaeva, Yuri de Boer, Andy Guise   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Alan R. Barker, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Tomáš Sláma, Christina Schindera, Fabiën N. Belle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Police, Harm Reduction, and HIV [PDF]

, 2008
Provides an overview of police practices that block drug users' access to harm reduction efforts and increases unsafe behavior. Recommends aligning law enforcement with public health goals, including by incorporating harm reduction into police ...
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core   +2 more sources

Managing xylazine-involved overdoses in a community harm reduction setting: lessons from Tijuana, Mexico

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Xylazine is a α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, used for sedation in veterinary contexts. Although it is increasingly found in overdose deaths across North America, the clinical management of xylazine-involved overdoses has not been extensively ...
Lilia Pacheco Bufanda, Alejando González Montoya, Brenda Torres Carrillo, Mariana Alejandra Gonzalez Tejeda, Luis A. Segovia, Alhelí Calderón-Villarreal, Joseph R. Friedman   +6 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