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- 1From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10) Peer-ReviewedBackground Addiction treatment faces high pretreatment and treatment dropout rates, especially among Aboriginals. In this study we examined characteristic differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal clients...
- 2From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedHarm reduction has been increasingly finding its way into public drug policies and healthcare practices worldwide, with successful intervention measures justifiably focussing on the highest-risk groups, such as...
- 3From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedDiFranza's rebuttal to our critique of the "Hooked on Nicotine" research program misconstrues our arguments beyond recognition. The grossest misrepresentation of our critique by DiFranza is that we devise (by thwarting...
- 4From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground There is paucity of data on the smoking habits of rural populations in developing countries. This study aimed to explore cigarette smoking practices of a rural community in Ethiopia. Methods A...
- 5From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground This article reports qualitative findings from a sample of 31 purposively chosen injection drug users (IDUs) from Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria, British Columbia interviewed to examine the context of safe...
- 6From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground To examine the predictors of continued drug- and sex-related HIV-risk behaviors among drug users in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) programs in China. Methods We followed a sample of 5,035 drug...
- 7From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Specialized drug treatment courts are a central part of drug-related policy and programs in the United States and increasingly outside the U.S. While in theory they offer treatment as a humane and...
- 8From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Drug users in Hanoi, Vietnam: factors associated with membership in community-based drug user groups
Background A syndemic conjoins injection drug use, incarceration, and HIV in Vietnam, where there is a need for programs that empower people who use drugs to minimize the harms thereby produced. Here we present a... - 9From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedHIV infection among people who inject drugs (IDU) remains a major global public health challenge. However, among IDU, access to essential HIV-related services remains unacceptably low, especially in settings where...
- 10From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground In spite of the negative health effects of waterpipe tobacco smoking, its use is becoming more common. The objective of this study is to systematically review the medical literature for motives, beliefs...
- 11From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground For decades, Thailand has experienced high rates of illicit drug use and related harms. In response, the Thai government has relied on drug law enforcement to address this problem. Despite these efforts,...
- 12From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSmokers of any age can reap substantial health benefits by quitting. In fact, no other single public health effort is likely to achieve a benefit comparable to large-scale smoking cessation. Surveys document that most...
- 13From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground We utilized multiple recruitment approaches to recruit IDUs in a longitudinal cohort study to examine HIV incidence and behavior change pre- and post-introduction of comprehensive HIV prevention services....
- 14From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground In the 20th century, 100 million people across the globe lost their lives due to consumption of tobacco. Every year 15,000 deaths in Nepal are attributable to tobacco smoking and using other products of...
- 15From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among incarcerated injection drug users (IDU) is a health epidemic in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Triangular clinics (TCs) were established in...
- 16From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground While crack cocaine has been associated with elevated sexual risks and transmission of HIV/STIs, particularly in the context of street-based sex work, few empirical studies have examined correlates of...
- 17From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Evidence documents successful hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment outcomes for people who inject drugs (PWID) and interest in HCV treatment among this population. Maximising HCV treatment for PWID can be an...
- 18From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground This article highlights the experiences of a unique group. In January 2011, Dave Murray organized a group of participants from the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) heroin-assisted...
- 19From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective Areca (Betel Nut) is the fourth most commonly used psychoactive drug throughout the world and is legal in U.S. It is carcinogenic. Within a health program in the Federated States of Micronesia we surveyed...
- 20From: Harm Reduction Journal. (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Karachi is the largest metropolis of Pakistan and its economic hub attracting domestic migrants for economic opportunities. It is also the epicenter of HIV epidemic in the country. Since 2004, one pilot...