Distribution of Harm Reduction Kits in a Specialty HIV Hospital Journal Articles

abstract

• Casey House, a small Toronto, Ontario, hospital for people living with HIV, implemented a harm-reduction kit distribution program in October 2014 to decrease harms from reuse of injection and smoking equipment among its clients—inpatients and outpatients. Program statistics (November 2014–June 2017) show an increase in the number of kits—injection and smoking—distributed each year. The program is perceived by staff to communicate openness and increased willingness of clinicians and clients to discuss drug-related harms.

authors

• Miskovic, Miroslav
• Chan Carusone, Soo Ying
• Guta, Adrian
• O’Leary, Bill
• dePrinse, Karen
• Strike, Carol

status

• published 

publication date

• October 2018

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Crack Cocaine (MeSH)
• Equipment and Supplies (MeSH)
• HIV Infections (MeSH)
• Harm Reduction (MeSH)
• Health Services Accessibility (MeSH)
• Hospitals, Special (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Needles (MeSH)
• Ontario (MeSH)
• Public Health (Science Metrix)
• Refuse Disposal (MeSH)
• Smoking (MeSH)
• Sterilization (MeSH)

published in

• American Journal of Public Health  Journal

keywords

• Crack Cocaine
• Equipment and Supplies
• HIV Infections
• Harm Reduction
• Health Services Accessibility
• Hospitals, Special
• Humans
• Needles
• Ontario
• Refuse Disposal
• Smoking
• Sterilization

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2105/ajph.2018.304600

start page

• 1363

end page

• 1365

volume

• 108

issue

• 10