LEARN Harm Reduction: A Collaborative Organizational Intervention in the US South

Ali, Samira; McCormick, Katie A.; Chávez, Sandra Auxiliadora Romero

doi:10.1080/01488376.2020.1860183

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Pragmatically, the most productive way to consider the prospective value of "managed" substance use in fostering resilience to HIV/AIDS is to perhaps follow or support the philosophy and rationale behind harm reduction programs [73,74]. ASOs and other community-based agencies have supported harm reduction programs for many years [75,76], and this route would likely be the most ideal way to consider forging ahead, until such time as more empirical research can provide new evidence on how to best support gbMSM living with HIV/AIDS who feel that their only available recourse to cope with challenges at a particular period in their life would be to rely on "managed" substance use.…”

Section: Considering and Valuing Controversial Protective Factors In The Development Of Interventions That Foster Resilience To Hiv/aidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Liboro

Yates²,

Bell

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) have been disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS health disparities. Research showed that resilience to HIV/AIDS is associated with increased use of relevant health services, lower sexual health risks, and improved mental health outcomes among racially and ethnically diverse gbMSM. As the subpopulation that has historically been impacted by HIV/AIDS the longest, older gbMSM living with HIV/AIDS have inarguably exhibited resilience to HIV/AIDS the most. The qualitative study described in this paper sought to identify and examine protective factors that fostered resilience to HIV/AIDS based on the insights and lived experiences of racially and ethnically diverse, older gbMSM. Applying a community-based participatory research approach that included the meaningful involvement of older gbMSM living with HIV/AIDS in different roles (i.e., advisory committee member, collaborator, peer researcher, and participant), the study recruited and included forty-one older gbMSM living with HIV/AIDS from Ontario, Canada, in confidential, semi-structured interviews. Utilizing thematic analysis, we identified three major themes from the participant interviews as factors that fostered the resilience of older gbMSM to HIV/AIDS and helped to address HIV/AIDS health disparities: (1) established protective factors, (2) behavioral protective factors, and (3) controversial protective factors. This paper argues for the importance of valuing and capitalizing on these protective factors in the conceptualization and development of interventions, services, and programs that are dedicated to fostering resilience to HIV/AIDS.

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Section: Considering and Valuing Controversial Protective Factors In The Development Of Interventions That Foster Resilience To Hiv/aidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Liboro

Yates²,

Bell

et al. 2021

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“…The respondents' underestimation of the capacity to prevent fatal overdose may speak to potential gaps in harm reduction training and/or lack of representation from harm reduction professionals on OFR teams, including medications for opioid use disorder providers. Community practitioners, stakeholders, and even medical providers often have limited information about the full range of interventions, programs, and evidence-based practices available to reduce overdose deaths 26–31. Perhaps training on additional intervention options and/or greater representation of harm reduction professionals on OFR teams could result in teams feeling increased self-efficacy, with greater perceived capacity to make actionable recommendations to develop new or support existing harm reduction efforts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Comparing Practices Used in Overdose Fatality Review Teams to Recommended Implementation Guidelines

Ray

Bailey

Dunnigan

et al. 2022

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Objectives: Overdose fatality review teams are a public health and public safety collaboration that reviews fatality cases using a multidisciplinary team to provide recommendations for overdose prevention. No research exists on the case review practices currently being used in these programs. Design: We administered a cross-sectional survey measuring case review practices and perceptions to a convenience sample of overdose fatality review teams. Setting: We administered the online survey to participants at a national virtual forum on overdose fatality review. Participants: In this study, we examined 30 county-level overdose fatality review teams from 6 states who completed the survey. Main Outcome Measures: We developed measures of case review practices from an overdose fatality review implementation guide. We provided descriptive statistics on the survey items used to measure these practices and examined how practice uptake varied by overdose fatality review team characteristics. Results: Most overdose fatality review teams had adequate representation and membership, but none adhered to all of the practices measured from the implementation guide. The largest gap was in perceived effectiveness and implementation of case review recommendations. In addition, teams that had been reviewing cases for longer reported more adherence to recommended practices. Conclusions: Overdose fatality case review is a collaboration between local public health and public safety agencies that holds great promise. However, these teams will require additional training and technical assistance with local community support to ensure that recommendations are actionable.

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“…Through education on the principles of the harm reduction approach, it is possible to inform the ways in which organizations, staff, and workers provide services, recognize the importance of the language used in this approach, learn about the strategies implemented, examine how culture and stigma can impact people who use drugs ( 34 ). We believe that if society is educated about addiction, more empathy and understanding can be generated toward those with addiction.…”

Section: Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Opioid harm reduction and stigma: proposed methods to improve the perception of people with addiction

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LEARN Harm Reduction: A Collaborative Organizational Intervention in the US South

Cited by 8 publications

References 51 publications

Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

Comparing Practices Used in Overdose Fatality Review Teams to Recommended Implementation Guidelines

Opioid harm reduction and stigma: proposed methods to improve the perception of people with addiction

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