Harm reduction is an innovative and adaptive strategy in public health that provides a pragmatic framework for minimizing the negative health impacts of tobacco consumption. It recognizes that while ...
In the name of harm reduction, the substance abuse arm of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHS) will begin providing funds to help distribute “safe smoking kits” for the consumption of various ...
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Health officials reassessing harm reduction strategies as overdose deaths in SF increase
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is planning to modify certain parts of its harm reduction strategies in ...
Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: In Minnesota, deadly drug overdoses doubled between 2018 and 2023. And in Minneapolis, those deaths are disproportionately represented. In 2022 ...
Primary health care has particularly struggled to address the needs of PWUD. Primary care’s promise of increased provider continuity, improved treatment adherence, and disease prevention increases its ...
The opioid crisis is one of the most urgent public health challenges in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. experienced a significant ...
One hot summer evening in 2019, security called us out of our clinic located within the largest men’s shelter in Boston, Massachusetts: “Overdose, out front!” We grabbed the oxygen tank and emergency ...
Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior ...
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