Module 6: HIV, Drugs, and Injection Drug Use
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Module 6: HIV, Drugs, and Injection Drug Use
Module 6: HIV, Drugs, and Injection Drug Use, Screen 4 of 14
What Is Harm Reduction?
Here’s how the Harm Reduction Coalition defines harm reduction:
Many people use substances to cope with a variety of personal and interpersonal stressors. Harm reduction interventions meet people who use drugs “where they’re at” and encourage these folks to make any positive change.
Although the concept of harm reduction was developed by substance users and their counselors, the principles are applicable to many other kinds of activities. For example, Greg and Paolo’s discussion of switching to more oral sex and less anal sex could be seen as an example of harm reduction.
What Is Harm Reduction?
Here’s how the Harm Reduction Coalition defines harm reduction:- Harm reduction is any effort to reduce drug-related harm to an individual, their family, or their community.
Many people use substances to cope with a variety of personal and interpersonal stressors. Harm reduction interventions meet people who use drugs “where they’re at” and encourage these folks to make any positive change.
Although the concept of harm reduction was developed by substance users and their counselors, the principles are applicable to many other kinds of activities. For example, Greg and Paolo’s discussion of switching to more oral sex and less anal sex could be seen as an example of harm reduction.