Danielle Lloyd, Nerissa George, Donald Grove, Rebecca Goldberg, Allan Clear
{"title":"How post overdose response efforts can address social determinants of health among people who use drugs: perspectives from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Post Overdose Response Team (PORT).","authors":"Danielle Lloyd, Nerissa George, Donald Grove, Rebecca Goldberg, Allan Clear","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01081-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01081-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Individuals who have survived an overdose often have myriad needs that extend far beyond their drug use. The social determinants of health (SDOH) framework has been underutilized throughout the opioid overdose crisis, despite widespread acknowledgment that SDOH are contributors to the majority of health outcomes. Post Overdose Response Teams (PORTs) engage with individuals who have experienced 1 or more nonfatal overdoses and bear witness to the many ways in which overdose survivors experience instability with healthcare, housing, employment, and family structure. Employing a harm reduction model, PORTs are well-positioned to reach people who use drugs (PWUD) and to address gaps in basic needs on an individualized basis, including providing social support and a sense of personal connection during a period of heightened vulnerability. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) PORT program is a harm reduction initiative that utilizes law enforcement data and several public databases to obtain accurate referral information and has been active since 2019 in NYC. This PORT program offers various services from overdose prevention education and resources, referrals to health and treatment services, and support services to overdose survivors and individuals within their social network. This perspective paper provides an in-depth overview of the program and shares quantitative and qualitative findings from the pilot phase and Year 1 of the program collected via client referral data, interviews, and case note reviews. It also examines the barriers and successes the program encountered during the pilot phase and Year 1. The team's approach to addressing complex needs is centered around human connection and working toward addressing SDOH one individualized solution at a time. Application of the NYSDOH PORT model as outlined has the potential to create significant positive impacts on the lives of PWUD, while potentially becoming a new avenue to reduce SDOH-related issues among PWUD.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"180"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448308/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roula Haddad, Christian Dagenais, Jean-Sébastien Fallu, Christophe Huỳnh, Laurence D'Arcy, Aurélie Hot
{"title":"Facilitators of and obstacles to practitioners' adoption of harm reduction in cannabis use: a scoping review.","authors":"Roula Haddad, Christian Dagenais, Jean-Sébastien Fallu, Christophe Huỳnh, Laurence D'Arcy, Aurélie Hot","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01093-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01093-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cannabis use can generate potential avoidable harms, hence the need for effective preventive measures and treatment. Studies show the efficacy of harm reduction (HR) in minimizing undesirable consequences associated with this use. Despite its proven efficacy, HR in cannabis use remains poorly applied by many health and social services (HSS) practitioners, especially with young people. However, knowledge regarding the underlying reasons for this is limited. To fill this gap, we aimed to identify facilitators of and obstacles to HSS practitioners' adoption of HR in cannabis use across OECD countries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a scoping review, guided by Arksey and O'Malley's model. The search strategy, executed on health databases and in the grey literature, captured 1804 studies, of which 35 were retained. Data from these studies were extracted in summary sheets for qualitative and numerical analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Facilitators and obstacles were grouped into four themes: stakeholders' characteristics (e.g., education, practice experience); clients' characteristics (e.g., personal, medical); factors related to HR (e.g., perceived efficacy, misconceptions); factors related to the workplace (e.g., type of workplace). Data were also extracted to describe the populations recruited in the selected studies: type of population, clientele, workplace.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Several factors might facilitate or hinder HSS practitioners' adoption of HR in cannabis use. Taking these into consideration when translating knowledge about HR can improve its acceptability and applicability. Future research and action should focus on this when addressing practitioners' adoption of HR.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"178"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11445962/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahkameh Rafiee, Mohammad Karamouzian, Mohammad Sharifi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Soheil Mehmandoost, Hamid Sharifi
{"title":"Correction: Non-injection drug use among incarcerated people in Iran: Findings from three consecutive national bio-behavioral surveys.","authors":"Mahkameh Rafiee, Mohammad Karamouzian, Mohammad Sharifi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Soheil Mehmandoost, Hamid Sharifi","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01086-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01086-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"179"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11445959/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"If there had been no snus in Sweden: the impact of snus on mortality attributable to smoking.","authors":"Lars M Ramstrom","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01095-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01095-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Sweden, there has been a massive transition from cigarette smoking to snus, the Swedish kind of low-toxicity oral tobacco. This product poses very little health risk compared to cigarettes, as illustrated by the fact that males in Sweden have Europe's lowest level of mortality attributable to smoking. The current investigation estimates how high the smoking-attributable mortality in Sweden would have been if there had been no snus in Sweden. It is made up by comparisons between observed Swedish data and two scenarios without snus: a group of comparable countries, and, a hypothetical Sweden with no snus use. Both comparisons suggest that around 3000 lives per year have been saved by the use of snus in Sweden.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"176"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11426055/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meaghan Brown, Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, Jennifer Robinson, Nancy Clark, Christopher Mushquash, Katrina Milaney, Bernie Pauly
{"title":"\"Give me the reigns of taking care of myself with a home\": Healing environments in an Indigenous-led alcohol harm reduction program.","authors":"Meaghan Brown, Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, Jennifer Robinson, Nancy Clark, Christopher Mushquash, Katrina Milaney, Bernie Pauly","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01090-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01090-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Distinct from western Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs), Indigenous-led alcohol harm reduction programs can be defined by both 'culture as healing' and decolonized harm reduction philosophies. We sought to explore experiences of Indigenous 'family members' (participants) in an Indigenous-led alcohol harm reduction program and culturally supportive housing to identify appropriate supports according to family member perspectives, and to inform delivery of the program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Situated within an Indigenous-western research partnership, we completed semi-structured interviews with seven family members of an Indigenous-led alcohol harm reduction and culturally supportive housing program. Community-guided protocols informed relational knowledge gathering practices including semi-structured in-depth interviews, qualitative thematic analysis, collaborative interpretation of findings, and development of knowledge products.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Family members highlighted the importance of tailored Indigenous-led alcohol harm reduction in shifting their relationships to alcohol from survival to having choice and control of their drinking (It's a choice I'm making right now). The provision of varied and incremental culture-based opportunities (Multiple pathways for connecting to culture) facilitated engagement with culture as healing. Policies that honour respect and autonomy were identified as supportive to healing and harm reduction, countering family members' experiences in western spaces (Give me the reigns of taking care of myself with a home).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An Indigenous-led alcohol harm reduction program within a model of culture as healing facilitated shifts in relationships to alcohol, providing a space where family members could explore long term goals of healing and connection to culture. Family members' experiences and recommendations offer key considerations for the design of Indigenous-led harm reduction and culture as healing models. Recommendations emphasize the provision of tailored alcohol harm reduction plans in parallel to multiple and accessible opportunities for connection to culture as healing in order to meet diverse participant goals and relationships to alcohol and culture.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"177"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11426064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristina Temenos, Aliki Koutlou, Sotiria Kyriakidou, Sofia Galanaki
{"title":"Assessing stigma: Health and social worker regard towards working with people using illicit drugs in Athens, Greece.","authors":"Cristina Temenos, Aliki Koutlou, Sotiria Kyriakidou, Sofia Galanaki","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01091-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01091-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and resulting economic austerity, the rise in illicit drug use engendered an increased need for people who use drugs (PWUD) to access medical care, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Research shows that perceptions of medical staff towards PWUD facilitate or act as a barrier to accessing health care. This study provides a better understanding of health and social work professionals' perceptions by assessing stigma levels towards PWUD in Athens, Greece.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a mixed-method study. It calculates the stigma score for professionals (n = 60) and the stigma score associated with specific drugs based on the Medical Condition Regard Scale through a quantitative analysis of responses to a semi-structured online survey about attitudes of health and social work professionals towards PWUD. It draws on the qualitative analysis of 12 semi-structured interviews with 16 service managers, providers, and health services advocates working in the charity sector to determine whether perceptions of PWUD affect writing and implementing policy and protocols for services.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Stigma towards PWUD exists amongst health and social work professionals in Athens. Professionals who have worked with PWUD for longer periods of time, professionals who have had specific training on working with PWUD, and professionals who feel that they have the necessary training to work with PWUD all demonstrated a higher stigma score than those reporting the opposite. Cannabis and opioids were associated with lower stigma scores while shisha had the highest level of stigma associated with it. Finally, professional environments are not conducive to alleviating stigma as the lack of training specific to stigma, the lack of professional supervision, and worker burn-out are key barriers faced by professionals in their everyday practice.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Reducing and eliminating stigma towards PWUD among health and social workers requires immediate action. Measures to be taken include: introducing training programs focused on stigma towards PWUD to healthcare providers, social workers, lawyers, police, the media; increasing professional supervision on field work for health and social workers; introducing low barrier health care and specialist units. Peers and field-focused organisations should meaningfully participate in drug and alcohol policymaking, program development, and implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"175"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11426088/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Europe must continue to lead on harm reduction.","authors":"Brendan Kahn, Michel Kazatchkine","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01067-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01067-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Europe has been at the forefront of harm reduction since its inception. These important early steps were in large part a response to the dramatically expanding HIV epidemic, and investing in these innovative interventions early and robustly had a transformative effect. This brought about not just pioneering services but also pioneering policy changes. However, while Western Europe and Member States in the European Union often have been at the vanguard of harm reduction innovation and vocal advocates for public health and human rights-based drug policy reform, the situation has been much different in the \"wider\" WHO European region, which also includes Eastern and Southeastern Europe as well as Central Asia. This is a result not just of limited budgets for health, but also of punitive laws and policies and persistent stigma and discrimination. Even as harm reduction has demonstrated huge successes in Europe, there is a need to move forward a wider array of services to respond to an evolving and increasingly complex drug situation in Europe. Instead, it is a lack of political will and of political courage that is holding back the establishment, expansion, and deepening of these essential, lifesaving interventions. Responding proactively and effectively to this changing drug situation will require redoubled investment in public health and harm reduction approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"172"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11414092/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142285868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryce Brickley, Samuel Moore, Noemi Tari-Keresztes, Anthea Brand, Madeleine Bower, Jason G Bonson, Alice McEntee, Ashlea J Bartram, Nataly Bovopoulos, Skye McPhie, Craig Martin, Cassandra Wright, Jacqueline Bowden, James A Smith
{"title":"Key stakeholders' perspectives of illicit drug use and associated harms in the Northern Territory of Australia.","authors":"Bryce Brickley, Samuel Moore, Noemi Tari-Keresztes, Anthea Brand, Madeleine Bower, Jason G Bonson, Alice McEntee, Ashlea J Bartram, Nataly Bovopoulos, Skye McPhie, Craig Martin, Cassandra Wright, Jacqueline Bowden, James A Smith","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01092-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01092-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia, there are significant evidence gaps about illicit drug use and harms, despite having established monitoring and reporting systems. This paper reports on illicit drug use, associated harms, contributing factors, service needs and priorities in the NT from the perspective and experiences of key stakeholders engaged in providing services for, or advocating on behalf of, people who use illicit drugs in the NT.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Face-to-face and online qualitative interviews were conducted with stakeholders across urban and remote locations in the NT. Key stakeholders were service providers, including acute and primary care clinicians, representatives of Aboriginal community controlled health organisations, lived experience advocates, peak body representatives and public health executives. Qualitative data were analysed thematically.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four researchers interviewed 21 participants across urban (62%), and remote areas (38%) of the NT. Themes identified were: (1) Illicit drug use and harms are diverse and distinct; (2) Client support needs are complex and influenced by co-morbidities, socio-demographic and cultural factors; (3) Priority population sub-groups need targeted strategies; (4) Local service strengths can be further developed and enhanced; (5) Local services need better resourcing; (6) Invest in progressive legislative and policy reforms; and (7) Improve routine monitoring and evaluation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Key stakeholders described illicit drug use, harms and contributing factors, which provided insights into the local challenges. Participants emphasised that clients have complex care needs, and further investment into targeted strategies are required to improve service engagement with priority groups. Service needs included greater understanding the role of dual diagnosis and its implementation and enhancing integrated and collaborative care in both primary health and acute care contexts. The voices of people with lived experience captured in this paper must inform local strategy and policy development relating to illicit drug use, in alignment with national strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"174"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11414258/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142285870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is smokeless tobacco a healthier option in patients with AUD? A follow-up study during treatment.","authors":"Lars Lien, Ingeborg Bolstad, Jørgen G Bramness","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01077-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01077-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Smoking is negatively related to mental health, but there is a paucity of research on the relationship between the use of smokeless tobacco, such as snus, and mental health outcomes, especially in people with alcohol use disorders (AUD). The aim of the present study was to examine the development of mental distress and quality of life (QoL) among AUD patients in treatment who did or did not use snus.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study included 128 AUD patients (27% female) from three rehabilitation clinics in Eastern Norway who were interviewed at admission, at 6 weeks, and after 6 months. Patients were asked about their mental health-related problems, alcohol, and substance use, QoL, and physical activity. Information about tobacco use was gathered with the questions \"Do you smoke cigarettes?\" and \"Do you use snus?\", with follow-up questions \"How often?\".</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>There were 39 current snus users (31%), of which 20 were also current smokers (dual users). Seventy-five patients (59%) were smokers only, and only 14 (11%) patients were abstainers. Those who used snus only had a lower severity of dependence score than the other groups (p < 0.05). The dual use group reported lower QoL than the no tobacco use group. In a regression model adjusted for sex and age, smokers and dual users, but not users of snus, had higher levels of mental distress and poorer QoL compared to nontobacco users (p < 0.05). There were no differences between tobacco groups at follow-ups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this study, among AUD patients, snus users reported QoL and mental distress close to that of non-smokers, indicating a lower problem load among snus users compared to smokers.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Previous studies have shown conflicting results regarding the potential harm reduction effect of snus use among patients with AUD who smoke regarding their tobacco use, quality of life and mental health problems. This study suggests that snus use could also be a viable alternative to smoking for patients with addictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"173"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11414313/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142285869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice","authors":"Sunny Jiao, Vicky Bungay, Emily Jenkins, Marilou Gagnon","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01088-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01088-6","url":null,"abstract":"Emergency Departments (ED) staff, including nurses and physicians, are most directly involved in the care of people who use unregulated substances, and are ideally positioned to provide harm reduction interventions. Conceptualizing the ED as a complex adaptive system, this paper examines how ED staff experience opioid-specific harm reduction provision and engage in harm reduction practice, including potential facilitators and barriers to engagement. Using a mixed methods approach, ED nurses and physicians completed a self-administered staff survey (n = 99) and one-on-one semi-structured interviews (n = 15). Five additional interviews were completed with clinical leaders. Survey data were analyzed to generate descriptive statistics and to compute scale scores. De-identified interview data were analyzed using a reflexive thematic analysis approach, which was informed by the theory of complex adaptive systems, as well as understandings of harm reduction as both a technical solution and a contextualized social practice. The final analysis involved mixed analysis through integrating both quantitative and qualitative data to generate overarching analytical themes. Study findings illustrated that, within the context of the ED as a complex adaptive system, three interrelated contextual factors shape the capacity of staff to engage in harm reduction practice, and to implement the full range of opioid-specific harm reduction interventions available. These factors include opportunities to leverage benefits afforded by working collaboratively with colleagues, adequate preparation through receiving the necessary education and training, and support in helping patients establish connections for ongoing care. There is a need for harm reduction provision across all health and social care settings where people who use unregulated opioids access public sector services. In the context of the ED, attention to contextual factors including teamwork, preparedness, and connections is warranted to support that ED staff engage in harm reduction practice.","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142247719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}