ArticleHarm reduction journal2022
Meeting people where they are: implementing hospital-based substance use harm reduction.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Variations in the viral hepatitis C prevalence and treatment status by material hardship and cumulative risk among people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
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- Implementation and sustainability of hospital-based harm reduction delivery: a qualitative analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Examining nurses' attitudes toward patients who use substances in the hospital setting: A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Opioid Overdose Risk Perceptions and Barriers and Facilitators to Naloxone Distribution for Hospitalized Patients Who Use Stimulants: A Qualitative Study of Patients and Clinicians.Journal of addiction medicine · 2026Article
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- Harm-Reduction Programs and Interventions for Equity-Deserving Populations Who Use Crack-Cocaine: A Scoping Review.European addiction research · 2026Article
- Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting-related invasive infections using a social ecological framework.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- "We're Not Gonna Aid You in Shooting Up": Stigma's Relationship to Harm Reduction in People Who Inject Drugs.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Adapting the alcohol and alcohol problems perception questionnaire and the drug and drug problems perception questionnaire: A psychometric analysis of a person-centred approach.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Ethical Management of Challenging Behaviors in Hospitalized People Who Use Drugs.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- "It's nothing personal": understanding barriers to relational harm reduction practices during inpatient hospitalization.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Clinical progress note: Management of the hospitalized patient who uses methamphetamine.Journal of hospital medicine · 2025Article
- Healthcare providers' knowledge and attitudes about overdose prevention sites in Colorado.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundHospital-based addiction care focuses on assessing and diagnosing substance use disorders, managing withdrawal, and initiating medications for addiction treatment. Hospital harm reduction is generally limited to prescribing naloxone. Hospitals can better serve individuals with substance use disorders by incorporating harm reduction education and equipment provision as essential addiction care. We describe the implementation of a hospital intervention that provides harm reduction education and equipment (e.g., syringes, pipes, and fentanyl test strips) to patients via an addiction consult team in an urban, safety-net hospital.
methodsWe performed a needs assessment to determine patient harm reduction needs. We partnered with a community-based organization who provided us harm reduction equipment and training. We engaged executive, regulatory, and nursing leadership to obtain support. After ensuring regulatory compliance, training our team, and developing a workflow, we implemented this harm reduction program that provides education and equipment to individuals whose substance use goals do not include abstinence.
resultsDuring a 12-month period we provided 195 individuals harm reduction kits.
conclusionsThis intervention allowed us to advance hospital-based addiction care, better educate and engage patients, staff, and clinicians, and reduce stigma. By establishing a community harm reduction partner, obtaining support from hospital leadership, and incorporating feedback from staff, clinicians, and patients, we successfully implemented harm reduction education and equipment provision in a hospital setting as part of evidence-based addiction care.
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