This 7 minute video titled “Educating Clients on Safer Injection Practices” from a clinician at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction describes the need for educating patients about safe injection practices including Continue reading
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COVID-19 Guidance for People Who Use Drugs and Harm Reduction Programs
This Harm Reduction Coalition web page provides guidance for people who use drugs for coping during the Covid-19 public health emergency. It includes Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic language versions of the information. Continue reading
Guidance for People Who Use Substances on COVID-19
This 3 page document from the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine provides guidance in managing the Covid-19 public health crisis for people who use drugs. Continue reading
Safer Drug Use During the COVID-19 Outbreak
This 2 page guide for patients and caregivers provides harm reduction strategies for people who use drugs during the Covid-19 public health emergency. Continue reading
She Literally Saved My Life: How the LEAD Program in Seattle is Helping Those in Crisis
This 3 minute video features the story of an individual who was assisted by Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. It includes interviews with case managers, law enforcement officers, and recipients of service and explains how the program improves outcomes for individuals in the community. Continue reading
Changing Course in the Overdose Crisis: Moving from Punishment to Harm Reduction and Health
This guide from the Vera Institute of Justice details harm reduction strategies to address problematic drug use for the criminal justice system. The report includes a brief history of how the current drug overdose crisis developed and an overview of the development and consequences of the “war on drugs.” Continue reading
Ohio Addiction Policy Inventory and Scorecard: Overdose Reversal and Other Forms of Harm Reduction
This 2018 report from the Ohio Health Policy Institute describes policy changes implemented between 2013 and 2018 to address overdose reversal and other harm reduction efforts. The report includes a scorecard indicating the extent Ohio is implementing evidence-based harm reduction strategies and offers suggestions for policy improvements. Continue reading
Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): Approach to Harm Reduction
This resource serves as a guide to speaking with patients who use drugs about harm reduction strategies such as safe injection tips, HIV prevention and prophylaxis, and naloxone to treat opioid overdose. It is one of the protocols and tools developed for Oregon Health & Science University’s Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) program which provides addiction medicine consultations to patients treated in the hospital who have a diagnosis of substance use disorder. Continue reading
Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): Template for Relapse Prevention Plan
This guide speaks with patients who use drugs about harm reduction strategies such as safe injection tips, HIV prevention and prophylaxis, and naloxone to treat opioid overdose. It is one of the protocols and tools developed for Oregon Health & Science University’s Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) program, which provides addiction medicine consultations to patients treated in the hospital who have a diagnosis of substance use disorder. Continue reading
Worlds Away In a 7×7: Perspectives on Reaching Diverse Groups of People Who Use Drugs to Prevent Fentanyl-related Overdose in San Francisco
The Harm Reduction Coalition spoke to diverse group of people who use drugs in San Francisco to inform a public health campaign the City planned to raise awareness about risks associated with fentanyl and the use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose. Continue reading