Harm reduction

Reducing the negative health, social, and legal impacts associated with substance use.

Availability of opioids: access, not excess

Video and audio recordings

26 June 2024

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Contextual and Higher Education Challenges in the Fields of Harm Reduction, on the 26th of June, 2024.

European Universities as Catalysts for Drug Policy Reform through Harm Reduction Strategies

Video and audio recordings

26 June 2024

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Contextual and Higher Education Challenges in the Fields of Harm Reduction, on the 26th of June, 2024.

Drug-related harm reduction: a conceptual framework and a proposal for its teaching

Video and audio recordings

26 June 2024

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Contextual and Higher Education Challenges in the Fields of Harm Reduction, on the 26th of June, 2024.

Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders

Scientific article

31 March 2024

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

Scientific article

25 April 2024

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

Scientific article

4 May 2024

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...

Ketamine under the microscope

13 June 2024

Online

Jennifer Rushworth-Claeys, Director of Young Person’s Services at WithYou, invites you to an online learning event taking place on Thursday 13th June 2024 9.15 am to 10 am via Google Meet.

This is an event for professionals supporting families and young people. The discussion will be covering:

People who use drugs engagement in substance use disorder services and harm reduction: evaluation, challenges and future direction of a community-based intervention

Scientific article

30 April 2024

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...

Connecting the Continuum - How Prevention and Harm Reduction Connect

15 May 2024

Online

This webinar is for anyone with a personal or professional connection to the

NIDA HIV Seminar Series - Social and Political Determinants of HIV among People Who Use Drugs

31 July 2024

Online

Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm Eastern Time