Harm reduction workforce, behavioral health, and service delivery in the USA: a cross-sectional study
Despite recent financial and policy support for harm reduction in the USA, information on the types of workers within organizations who design, implement, and actualize harm reduction services remains nascent.... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 10, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Orrin D. Ware, Brooke N. Lombardi and Brianna M. Lombardi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Factors associated with gaps in naloxone knowledge: evidence from a 2022 great plains survey
The rising prevalence of fast-acting opioids in the USA suggests the increased need for non-professional first responder administration of naloxone. Effective administration of naloxone during an overdose requ... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 10, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Spencer Cooper-Ohm, Patrick Habecker, Ryan Humeniuk and Rick A. Bevins Tags: Research Source Type: research
Underreporting of non-study cigarette use by study participants confounds the interpretation of results from ambulatory clinical trial of reduced nicotine cigarettes
As part of its comprehensive plan to significantly reduce the harm from tobacco products, the US Food and Drug Administration is establishing a product standard to lower nicotine in conventional cigarettes to ... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 8, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Mingda Zhang, Jingzhu Wang and Jeffery Edmiston Tags: Research Source Type: research
Challenges in legitimizing further measures against smoking in jurisdictions with robust infrastructure for tobacco control: how far can the authorities allow themselves to go?
According to a recently published study, approximately half of those who currently smoke in Norway have little or no desire to quit despite a hostile regulatory and socio-cultural climate for smoking. On this ... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 7, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Karl Erik Lund and Gunnar Saebo Tags: Comment Source Type: research
Correction: Increasing access to screening for blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program ’s ‘cascade of care’ across nine sites in New South Wales, Australia
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Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 7, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Elena Cama, Kim Beadman, Mitch Beadman, Kerri-Anne Smith, Jade Christian, Aunty Clair Jackson, Beverley Tyson, Clayton Anderson, Larissa Smyth, Jennifer Heslop, Gary Gahan, Victor Tawil, Felicity Sheaves, Louise Maher, Julie Page, Donna Tilley & hellip; Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Correction: Insights from the scale-up and implementation of the Deadly Liver Mob program across nine sites in New South Wales, Australia, according to the RE-AIM framework
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Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 6, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Elena Cama, Kim Beadman, Mitch Beadman, Melinda Walker and Carla Treloar Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Preference for hotline versus mobile application/countdown-based mobile overdose response services: a qualitative study
In response to the exacerbated rates of morbidity and mortality associated with the overlapping overdose and COVID-19 epidemics, novel strategies have been developed, implemented, operationalized and scaled to... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 5, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: William Rioux, Adrian Teare, Nathan Rider, Stephanie Jones and S. Monty Ghosh Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Health, harm reduction, and social service providers ’ perspectives on the appropriateness and feasibility of peer distribution of HIV self-test kits among people who use drugs
People who use drugs (PWUD) experience elevated HIV risk and numerous barriers to facility-based HIV testing. HIV self-testing (HIVST) could circumvent many of those barriers and is acceptable among PWUD, yet ... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 4, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Angela R. Bazzi, Chad J. Valasek, Tara Stamos-Buesig, William H. Eger, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Carlos F. Vera, Jennifer L. Syvertsen, Erik D. Storholm, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Hansel E. Tookes, Steffanie A. Strathdee and Heather A. Pines Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Balancing public health and privacy rights: a mixed-methods study on disclosure obligations of people living with HIV to their partners in China
In 2021, a Chinese court, based on the newly enacted Civil Code, first revoked a marriage license due to the spouse ’s failure to disclose their HIV infection before the marriage. This landmark case ignited a fres... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 4, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Ziyi Xie and Zhizhuang Duan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Understanding the barriers and facilitators to implementing and sustaining Mobile Overdose Response Services from the perspective of Canadian key interest groups: a qualitative study
Unregulated supply of fentanyl and adulterants continues to drive the overdose crisis. Mobile Overdose Response Services (MORS) are novel technologies that offer virtual supervised consumption to minimize the ... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - February 2, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Boogyung Seo, Nathan Rider, William Rioux, Adrian Teare, Stephanie Jones, Pamela Taplay and S. Monty Ghosh Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction: Measuring sustainability of opioid agonist therapy programs in the context of transition from Global Fund Support
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Source: Harm Reduction Journal - January 31, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Raminta Stuikyte, Ivan Varentsov, Catherine Cook and Sergii Dvoriak Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Recommendations from people who use drugs in Philadelphia, PA about structuring point-of-care drug checking
Adulterants, such as fentanyl and xylazine, among others, are present in a high percentage of the illicit drug supply, increasing the risk for overdose and other adverse health events among people who use drug... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - January 30, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Megan K. Reed, Elias Borne, Tracy Esteves Camacho, Morgan Kelly and Kristin L. Rising Tags: Research Source Type: research
Using alone at home: What ’s missing in housing-based responses to the overdose crisis?
Against the backdrop of North America ’s overdose crisis, most overdose deaths are occurring in housing environments, largely due to individuals using drugs alone. Overdose deaths in cities remain concentrated ... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - January 29, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Taylor Fleming, Jade Boyd, Koharu Loulou Chayama, Kelly R. Knight and Ryan McNeil Tags: Perspective Source Type: research
High prevalence of hepatitis B virus susceptibility among persons undergoing community-based hepatitis C virus treatment
Due to shared modes of transmission, coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is common, and HBV vaccination is recommended for all persons with HCV who remain susceptible to HBV. T... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - January 29, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Catherine Campusano, Rachel Kanner, Claire McDonell, Meghan Morris, Maria Duarte and Jennifer C. Price Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation of an education session on buprenorphine induction in the emergency department, a resident-led initiative
Many physicians including emergency medicine physicians report insufficient training and education on prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. As emergency departments implement buprenorphine inducti... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - January 28, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Cara Marie Borelli and Han Tony Gao Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
