harm reduction
Harm Reduction Framework: Intervention Strategy for Substance Use Disorders
The purpose of this article is to outline an intervention strategy for substance use disorders using Harm Reduction as a framework. This paper provides guidelines for the reader on Harm Reduction, Principles of Harm Reduction, and how to...
The Overdose Crisis Across the Globe: An Expert Panel Discussion
This webinar hosted by the Penington Institute to Mark International Overdose Awareness Day 2024 brings together a panel with diverse perspectives, insights, experiences, research, and solutions to the overdose crisis.
Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders
BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...
Quality Assurance Policy in Harm Reduction Services in the Czech Republic: A Case Study of a National System
BACKGROUND: In the field of harm reduction (HR), an established quality assurance system with implemented quality standards is rather rare in practice. Together with limited evidence in this area, this leads to an imbalance in the basic...
Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Demand Reduction: Preliminary Findings from the FENIQS-EU Project
INTRODUCTION: Quality Standards (QS) are an important priority in European drug policy, although the extent of their application remains unclear. The FENIQS-EU project (Further ENhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in drug...
People who use drugs engagement in substance use disorder services and harm reduction: evaluation, challenges and future direction of a community-based intervention
Background: Since 1996, an urban community-based organization has been providing screening, testing, overdose prevention, referrals, and access to treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) and communicable diseases such as HIV through its...
People who use drugs engagement in substance use disorder services and harm reduction: evaluation, challenges and future direction of a community-based intervention
Background Since 1996, an urban community-based organisation whose primary mission is to serve diverse94 and emerging community health needs has provided screening, testing, overdose prevention and training, referrals, and access to...
DIMS Annual Report 2022
The DIMS annual report 2022 covers the concentrations, adulterations, and other relevant information produced by DIMS in the past year, and in doing so forms a topical image of the Dutch drug market. Spread out over all Dutch provinces, the...
Harm reduction services in the Netherlands Report
Harm reduction (HR) has been a pillar of drug policy in the Netherlands for many decades. In fact, the Netherlands was a pioneer in the field of HR. Like many other Western countries, the Netherlands was hit by a wave of heroin use in the...
