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Injection drug use is associated with HIV and hepatitis C transmission, overdose, and other preventable harms. These harms are heightened for structurally vulnerable injection drug-using populations, as their ...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:31
Published on: 5 June 2017
Research
The HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Russia continues to spread. This exploratory study examines how HIV-prevention measures are perceived and experienced by PWID in the northwestern region...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:33
Published on: 5 June 2017
Commentary
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:32
Published on: 5 June 2017
Review
Housing First is an evidence-based practice intended to serve chronically homeless individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Despite housing active substance users, harm...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:30
Published on: 23 May 2017
Research
This article highlights the experiences of a peer-run group, SALOME/NAOMI Association of Patients (SNAP), that meets weekly in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SNAP is a unique ind...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:27
Published on: 18 May 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:36
Review
Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors advocated for the creation of super...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:28
Published on: 18 May 2017
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Little is known about access to health insurance among people who inject drugs (PWID) who attend syringe exchange programs (SEPs). The goal of the current study was to assess perceptions of SEP staff, includin...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:26
Published on: 18 May 2017
Research
Previous research on the effectiveness of needle exchange programs (NEP) in preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) in people who inject drugs (PWID) has shown mixed findings. The purpose of this study was to use t...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:25
Published on: 17 May 2017
Research
In Baltimore, MD, as in many cities throughout the USA, overdose rates are on the rise due to both the increase of prescription opioid abuse and that of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in the drug market....
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:29
Published on: 12 May 2017
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The health of people who use drugs (PWUD) is characterized by multimorbidity and chronicity of health conditions, necessitating an understanding of their health care utilization. The objective of this study wa...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:16
Published on: 12 May 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:42
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The perspectives of people who use drugs are critical in understanding why people choose to reduce harm in relation to drug use, what practices are considered or preferred in conceptualizations of harm reducti...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:18
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research
Syringe sharing is a high-risk practice associated with the transmission of infectious diseases, such as HIV and HCV. While youth who contend with housing instability are known to be more likely to engage in h...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:24
Published on: 12 May 2017
Commentary
There is a need for creative, public health-oriented solutions to the increasingly intractable problems associated with the North American opioid epidemic. This epidemic is a fundamentally continental problem,...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:7
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research
The majority of Americans with opioid use disorder remain out of treatment. Operating in 33 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico, harm reduction agencies, which provide sterile syringes and other health serv...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:23
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research
People who smoke crack cocaine experience a wide variety of health-related issues. However, public health programming designed for this population is limited, particularly in comparison with programming for pe...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:17
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research
Injection drug use has not been well documented in American Indians living in the USA. American Indian and Alaskan Natives (AI/ANs) show higher rates of substance use compared to the general population, and ha...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:22
Published on: 8 May 2017
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This research sought to explore whether children’s visual and auditory exposure to Electronic Gambling Machines (EGMs) in community clubs contributed to shaping their attitudes towards these types of potential...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:20
Published on: 8 May 2017
Research
Globally, methamphetamine (MA) use is a significant public health concern due to unprecedented health effects of its use. However, gender similarities and differences in early age of MA initiation and its risk...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:21
Published on: 8 May 2017
Opinion
Despite advances in our knowledge of effective services for people who use drugs over the last decades globally, coverage remains poor in most countries, while quality is often unknown. This paper aims to disc...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:19
Published on: 22 April 2017
Erratum
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:15
Published on: 28 March 2017
The original article was published in Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:6
Research
While opiate substitution therapy and injecting equipment provision (IEP) have reduced blood-borne viruses (BBV) among people who inject drugs (PWID), some PWID continue to share injecting equipment and acquir...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:14
Published on: 21 March 2017
Research
Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are legally sanctioned environments for people to inject drugs under medical supervision. SIFs currently operate in ten countries, but to date, no SIF has been opened in ...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:13
Published on: 20 February 2017
Research
Harmful gambling is a public health issue that affects not only adults but also children. With the development of a range of new gambling products, and the marketing for these products, children are potentiall...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:11
Published on: 17 February 2017
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Vietnam has a concentrated HIV epidemic with injection drug use being the dominant mode of HIV transmission. Vietnam has rapidly expanded antiretroviral therapy (ART) and methadone maintenance therapy (MMT). T...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:12
Published on: 17 February 2017
Research
Since 2003, a harm reduction program for injecting drug users has been rolled out countrywide in China. It entails services for condom promotion, a needle and syringe program (NSP), and methadone maintenance t...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:10
Published on: 14 February 2017
