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"We don't do individual counselling but community awareness."
“Harm Reduction is a perspective that focuses on reducing the adverse health, social, and economic consequences of psychoactive drug use, and its Principles can be equally applied to other stigmatized and/or criminalized practices and behaviours related to substance use and sex.
Supported by local, national, and international evidence, this Position Statement articulates client-centered, nonjudgmental, and practical applications of harm reduction to issues related to drugs, sex work, and HIV non-disclosure. The Statement recognizes that sex and drug-related harms derive from social and material conditions, such as structural disadvantage, criminalization, and stigma (Rhodes 2002; 2009). It therefore focuses not only on client services, but extends to considering the social and structural factors that create the conditions for harm.”
…Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)
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Harm Reduction Nurse
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Harm Reduction Worker
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