Stancliff Sharon, Phillips Benjamin W, Maghsoudi Nazlee, Joseph Herman
a Harm Reduction Coalition, New York , New York , USA.
J Addict Dis. 2015;34(2-3):206-19. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2015.1059651.
Drug use is a public health problem associated with high mortality and morbidity, and is often accompanied by suboptimal engagement in health care. Harm reduction is a pragmatic public health approach encompassing all goals of public health: improving health, social well-being, and quality of life. Harm reduction prioritizes improving the lives of people who use drugs in partnership with those served without a narrow focus on abstinence from drugs. Evidence has shown that harm reduction oriented practice can reduce transmission of blood-borne illnesses, and other injection related infections, as well as preventing fatal overdose.
药物使用是一个与高死亡率和高发病率相关的公共卫生问题，并且常常伴随着医疗保健参与度欠佳的情况。减少伤害是一种务实的公共卫生方法，涵盖公共卫生的所有目标：改善健康、社会福祉和生活质量。减少伤害优先考虑与服务对象合作改善吸毒者的生活，而不是狭隘地专注于戒毒。有证据表明，以减少伤害为导向的做法可以减少血源性疾病和其他与注射相关感染的传播，以及预防致命的药物过量。
