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How Should Harm Reduction Be Included in Care Continua for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder?
- Source :
- AMA Journal of Ethics; Jul2024, Vol. 26 Issue 7, p562-571, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Practices and interventions that aim to slow progression or reduce negative consequences of substance use are harm reduction strategies. Often described as a form of tertiary prevention, harm reduction is key to caring well for people who use drugs. Evidence-based harm reduction interventions include naloxone and syringe service programs. Improving equitable outcomes for those with opioid use disorder (OUD) requires access to the continuum of evidence-based OUD care, including harm reduction interventions, as well as dismantling policies that undermine mental health and substance use disorder treatment continuity, housing stability, and education and employment opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23766980
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AMA Journal of Ethics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178262903
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2024.562