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Reducing the harms from substance misuse

by Lee K, Freeburn B, Ella S, Miller W, Perry J, Conigrave K

Abstract

This book chapter provides information on reducing the harms from substance misuse for people who work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in the alcohol and other drug field. Of specific focus in this chapter is: sexually transmissible infections in the substance use setting; harms from injecting drug use and safer injecting; needle and syringe programs; hepatitis C and B; and HIV/AIDS. This chapter is part of a book titled Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work, which provides everyday practical information for working in the field of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Links

• View book: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work (PDF - 3.9 MB)
  Reducing the harms from substance misuse - see chapter 13, pages 283-316
• View information: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work
• View website: University of Sydney, Indigenous substance misuse program