Sentence examples for harm reduction interventions from inspiring English sources
Harm reduction interventions aim to reduce the harmful results of drug use.
Many harm reduction interventions are eventually approved, usually too little and too late, and then turn out to be far more successful than had been hoped.
The Scottish Government has invested significantly in harm reduction interventions with the goal of reducing HCV transmission among PWID.
The thrust of harm reduction interventions to date, particularly in injection drug use, has been risk reduction.
The Loop gives revellers individually tailored 15-minute "harm reduction interventions" on the dangers of the drugs, with no suggestion of arrest or confiscation.
As a young doctor, I quickly became converted to public health harm reduction interventions when shown a scale model of a new wing being constructed at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in 1971.
In 2008 Henry Ford Health System launched its "No Harm Campaign," designed to integrate harm-reduction interventions into a systemwide initiative and, ultimately, to eliminate harm from the health care experience.
The present study was designed to assess the acceptability and availability of harm-reduction interventions, including needle exchange, education regarding safer drug-ingestion methods, complementary/alternative therapies, and safe places where problem drinkers and drug takers may stay after consumption or may consume substances on the premises.
Despite the inherent limitations of retrospective data, this study provides evidence that harm-reduction interventions are a cost-effective way to reduce HIV prevalence.
Immediate comprehensive prevention programming, including harm-reduction interventions, is warranted in order to prevent transmission of HIV among PWID and to their non-injecting sex partners.
A Markov Monte Carlo Model was used to conduct n incremental economic analysis comparing 3 harm-reduction interventions with one another and with no intervention; i.e. NSP alone, OST alone and combined OST and NSP.
