... HCV and HBV; suicide rates; drug use and alcohol consumption; HIV-HCV-HBV risk practices; access to HAART and opioid substitution treatmentand continuity of care both during prison stay and ... contributed to the reduction of HIV prevalence among IDUs [28] NSPs are already available in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg and Scotland, and will soon become available in Portugal and in a growing ... between 1997 and 2003 [33] In a national postal survey of prison medical services for HCV screening and care conducted in 2000 and again in Table 1: Access to care and HIV, HBV and HCV status...
... inter-related and co-constructed nature of social locations and experiences [6,12,13], and for understanding differences in health needs and outcomes in mental health and addictions andharmreduction ... on harmreductionand methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) to illustrate how social change can be promoted using an intersectional lens to examine harmreductionand MMT and mental health and ... substance use patterns and access MMT and other harmreduction services To provide effective and safe harm reduction, including MMT and other services, it is necessary to understand the social context(s)...
... for percutaneous reduction of lumbar spondylolisthesis as previously described [4] For the patient with L4-5 and L5-S1 disease, the screws at L5 and S1 were initially placed and the trajectory ... low back pain and a one-year history of radiculopathy The pain was described as out of 10 on average and 10 out of 10 at its worst, of mechanical type, and refractory to conservative treatment During ... L5-S1 anterolisthesis and grade L4-5 retrolisthesis reductionand distraction (case 3) The spondylolisthesis (left) is reduced by using the percutaneous pedicle screws (middle), and the L5-S1 interspace...
... out in Lloyd-Smith et al HarmReduction Journal 2010, 7:6 http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/7/1/6 the open drug scene, and experience sleep deprivation [19], and therefore may have reduced ... injection in outdoor venues: an observational study of risks and implications for service delivery andharmreduction programming HarmReduction Journal 2010 7:6 ... injectors, and individuals involved in the sex trade, and were less likely to be Aboriginal Our findings have implications for the role of peer education and Lloyd-Smith et al HarmReduction Journal...
... the prevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C andharmreduction program use among IDUs entering a cohort recruited in Kabul, Afghanistan between June, 2007 and March, 2009 ... other settings and several harmreduction programs in Kabul have incorporated abstinence-based treatment programs [26,27] As opioid substitution treatment (OST) is scaled up, harmreduction programs ... quasirandomised trial Lancet 1999, 353:1657-1661 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-8-22 Cite this article as: Todd et al.: Prevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C infection andharm reduction...
... purposes) HarmReduction Journal 2006, 3:35 http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/3/1/35 Table 6: General harmreduction questions (n = 67) Item N % Definitions of harmreduction reducing harm ... elements of harm reduction, and state what it is they find most appealing and troubling about harmreduction Finally, we wanted to get a measure of respondents' overall attitudes toward harmreduction ... understanding of attitudes toward harmreduction among service providers and the factors influencing agencies' decision to adopt or reject these strategies Managers and therapists from outpatient and...
... dependence treatment from pilot projects to scaling up; (v) advocacy for testing and counselling; (vi) care, support andtreatment for PWID; and (vii) monitoring and evaluation of harmreduction ... environment for harmreduction in Viet Nam and in the development of effective HIV prevention and care linkages between closed settings ( 'Treatmentand Education' centres/prisons) and communities ... up HIV testing and counselling, offer free ART to AIDS patients, and expand primary prevention measures such as MMT and NSPs for drug users, and condom promotion for sex workers and men who have...
... acceptance of harmreduction in the Mexican context, cultural and political barriers to implementation, and the socio-cultural feasibly of, and suggestions for, the implementation of harmreduction ... Readiness and Suggestions Along with numerous criticisms of current policies and barriers to implementing harm reduction, individuals discussed Tijuana's socio-cultural readiness for harmreductionand ... problems, and they often go so far as to acquire the illness or the problem (Male, 45, Health Sector) Socio-political Context of HarmReduction Intervention Levels of acceptance and support for harm reduction...
... greatest untapped potential for harmreduction Submitted, Available at: http://www.tobaccoharmreduction.org/wpapers/ 006.htm) [2,3], and in endorsements by British and American medical organizations ... Rodu B: The case for harmreduction for control of tobacco-related illness and death AAPHP Resolution and White Paper 2008 [http://www.aaphp.org/special/joelstobac/ 20081026HarmReductionResolutionAsPassedl.pdf] ... Sweden Scand J Public Health 2005, 33(4):321-4 Gardner D: Risk: The science and politics of fear Toronto: McClelland and Stewart; 2008 Hatsukami DK, Henningfield JE, Kotlyar M: Harm reduction...
... citation purposes) HarmReduction Journal 2009, 6:34 http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/6/1/34 healthcare It seems shameful that prevention, treatment, harmreductionand enforcement systems ... on D'Arcy Island and Bentinck Island in British Columbia between 1894 and 1924 where they were given only the barest of necessities: food and coffins[6] The afflicted were exiled and left to die ... use If peeled down to their very core, all approaches to drug dependence: treatment, prevention, harm reduction, treatmentand enforcement approaches to drug dependence share a common humanistic...
... resources are scarce for harmreduction activities, like drug demand reductionand rehabilitation, due to lack of trained staff and a severe shortage of female health workers and counselors There ... with NGO partners SHRO (Herat), Wadan, (Gardez and Kandahar) and KOR in Kabul and Faizabad Regional Opium Use and Influential Trends The experiences and influence of other countries in the region ... awareness and virtually no condom use [46] The growing number of injection drug users, the availability of heroin, and small, geographically-limited number of harmreductionand drug treatment...
... come to realize that harmreduction policies and programmes are critical to control of HIV among and from injecting drug users China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma and Taiwan are all now ... countries Contradictions between the new harmreduction approach and the former law enforcement dominated approach are being recognized and dealt with Thailand is now isolated as the last major ... failed and futile policy on the twin epidemics of HIV and illicit drugs will soon be a thing of the past More and more, countries want to fix their drugs and HIV policy on intelligence and facts...
... compassion and more willing to listen and understand other ways of doing things." In addition to incorporating and respecting cultural practices, programs must also respect both age and literacy ... education and awareness interventions for the client they need support, not just needles." Harmreduction services must attempt to integrate into new and/ or existing reserve programs and could ... participation of the agencies and organizations that were a part of this study Page of (page number not for citation purposes) HarmReduction Journal 2006, 3:30 http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/3/1/30...
... outcome of treatment packages with a cognitive component and other treatments 214 7.3 Comparative cognitive outcome of cognitive and pharmacological therapies 217 7.4 Cognitive effects of pharmacotherapy ... manuscript and helping to straighten crooked sentences and clarifying obscurities I wish to thank Kieron O’Connor and Mark Freeston (chapter 7), Frank Vitaro (chapter 9) and David Greenberg (chapters and ... extremities, and pallor); (2) respiratory difficulties; (3) gastro-intestinal and bladder muscle malfunctioning giving rise to vomiting, cramps, and alternating diarrhea and constipation and the urge...
... contribute to these pathologies on the one hand, and probably help to further address the overlaps between anxiety and depression on the other Bearing that GAD and TRD patients often present negative ... or according to the left-hand, either left or right, or right preference All subjects scored between 29 and 36, and were thus considered to be moderate or strong right-handers Their vision was ... correlation between Frequency and Disinhibition-Seeking scores in our healthy subjects, and the negative correlation between Frequency and the Total sensation-seeking and Experience-seeking scores...
... the installation of detention andtreatment facilities, and find the optimum management practices for nonpoint source pollution control by analyzing the pollution reduction effects of the alternatives ... based on the treatment area divisions by channel networks and surface slopes For sub-catchments, informations such as catchment area , slope, roughness, impervious percentage, and land use were ... information related to water flow and quality, the actual measured values were applied for average water flow and quality and temporal variation For the pollutants buildup and washoff parameters, after...
... anaerobic treatment has absolutely needed to post treatment involved more quality aspects processes, where anaerobic treatment has deemed more appropriate of chemical oxygen demand and high suspended ... anaerobic treatment system Wat Res 2001;35:1739-1747 [12] Leslia Grady CP, Kim H Biological Wastewater Treatment- Theory and Applications, Pollution Engineering and Technology Pollution Engineering and ... were obtained during the operation period of 82%, and 87% respectively in R3 Turbidity and colour removal were not efficient and needed a post treatment It can be concluded that the new technology...
... acids, and stilbenes such as resveratrol, pterostilbene, and piceatannol, and triterpenoids such as ursolic acid and its esters, oleanic acid, alpha-amyrin and betaamyrin, steroidal, and iridoid ... study design, performance, and analysis, with a focus on randomization of the study subjects, blinding of the investigators and study subjects, and the handling of dropouts and withdrawal of study ... health-care providers and patients and those in research, teaching, funding, and administration The randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) has become the objective scientific standard for evaluating...
... depends on maternal treatment history for syphilis, findings on physical examination, and planned infant treatmentand may include a complete blood count and differential and platelet count, ... of oral and esophageal candidiasis (267) Early detection andtreatment of candidemia can decrease mortality Overall mortality was 90% in one study in children who had >14 days of fever and symptoms ... prevention andtreatment guidelines, conferred over several months, and produced draft guidelines The Pediatric OI Working Group reviewed and discussed recommendations at a meeting in Bethesda, Maryland,...
... Treatment I Background and Introduction I Background and Introduction The Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, andTreatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment ... Detection, Evaluation, andTreatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Final Report Treatment National Cholesterol Education Program National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ... Trial/Drug/ Duration of Intervention Baseline or Placebo Lipid and Lipoprotein Values and On -Treatment Lipid and Lipoprotein in Drug Treatment Group Number of Subjects Group TC (mg/dL) TG (mg/dL)...