Works in Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, Vol 22, Issue 1

Results: 114

Qualitative insights into drug use safety strategies and social support among sexual minority women who inject drugs in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01257-1

By:

Glick, Jennifer L.;
Zhang, Leanne;
Huang, Aimee;
Nguyen, Megan;
German, Danielle

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Article

Barriers and facilitators to injectable opioid agonist treatment engagement within a structural vulnerability context: a qualitative study of patient experiences in Vancouver, Canada.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01262-4

By:

Mayer, Samara;
Fairbairn, Nadia;
Fowler, Al;
Boyd, Jade;
Kerr, Thomas;
McNeil, Ryan

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Article

Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01266-0

By:

Hervera, Belén;
Chueng, Teresa A.;
Scheidell, Joy;
Ciraldo, Katrina;
Sugar, Sabrina Soto;
Plesons, Marina;
Tookes, Hansel E.;
Serota, David P.;
Balise, Raymond R.;
Nakamuro, Noby;
Meaders, Shelby;
Forrest, David W.;
Bartholomew, Tyler S.

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Article

Understanding drug-related harms as risk-amplifying loops among people who inject drugs in Sweden.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01267-z

By:

Storbjörk, Jessica;
Samuelsson, Eva;
Månsson, Josefin;
Törrönen, Jukka

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Article

Anabolic-androgenic steroid testing as a tool for consumer engagement and harm reduction: a sequential explanatory mixed-method study.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01270-4

By:

Piatkowski, Timothy;
Coomber, Ross;
Francis, Cameron;
Kill, Emma;
Davey, Geoff;
Cresswell, Sarah;
White, Alan;
Harding, Madeline;
Blakey, Karen;
Reeve, Steph;
Walters, Brooke;
Puljević, Cheneal;
Ferris, Jason;
Barratt, Monica J.

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Article

The utility of a new point-of-care test for synthetic cannabinoids: a mixed-methods study in people who use synthetic cannabinoids and stakeholders.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01227-7

By:

Skumlien, Martine;
Craft, Sam;
Russell, Luke;
Toshniwal, Navyaa;
Pudney, Christopher;
Freeman, Tom P.;
Scott, Jenny

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Article

Correction: Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through evaluation research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol.

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2025

By:

Cerdá, Magdalena;
Allen, Bennett L.;
Collins, Alexandra B.;
Behrends, Czarina N.;
Santacatterina, Michele;
Jent, Victoria;
Marshall, Brandon D. L.

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Correction Notice

The impact of Covid-19 on harm reduction policies in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-024-01137-0

By:

Beiranvand, Siavash;
Behzadifar, Meysam;
Aryankhesal, Aidin;
Ehsanzadeh, Seyed Jafar;
Behzadifar, Masoud

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Article

Using RE-AIM to evaluate the implementation of a social marketing and free product distribution project for fentanyl and xylazine test strips in New York State.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01259-z

By:

Kirk, Hilary M.;
Lynch, Joshua J.;
Bernosky, Kimberly A.;
Painter, Orian B.;
Arena, Shelby;
Dickinson, Mia;
Pakhomova, Lyudmila;
Clemency, Brian M.

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Article

Harm reduction in photovoice knowledge mobilization with 2S/LGBTQ+ youth who use(d) drugs: A community showcase.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01263-3

By:

Goodyear, Trevor;
Barborini, Christian;
Gilmore, Reid;
Collin-Gray, Apollo;
Jensen, Mazal;
Young, Lee;
Hossain, Alec;
He, En

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Article

Highlighting variability in fentanyl test strip instructions using thematic content analysis.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01252-6

By:

Piercey, Cianna J.;
Pince, Claire L.;
Karoly, Hollis C.

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Article

"To not feel fake, it can't be fake": co-creation of a harm reduction, peer-delivered, health-system intervention for people who use drugs.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01210-2

By:

Wilson, J. Deanna;
Klipp, Stephanie P.;
Leon, Kelsey;
Liebschutz, Jane M.;
Merlin, Jessica;
Murray-Krezan, Cristina;
Nolette, Sommer;
Phillips, Kristina T.;
Stein, Michael;
Weinstock, Nate;
Hamm, Megan

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Article

Impact of Spanish gambling regulations on online gambling behavior and marketing strategies.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01219-7

By:

Aonso-Diego, Gema;
García-Pérez, Ángel;
Krotter, Andrea

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Article

Primary care physician characteristics associated with becoming opioid agonist treatment prescribers in British Columbia: a retrospective case-control study.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01261-5

By:

Panagiotoglou, Dimitra;
Peterson, Sandra;
Lavergne, M. Ruth;
Gomes, Tara;
Chadha, Rashmi;
Johnson, Cheyenne;
McCracken, Rita

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Article

Informed implementation practice – formative research of a mobile drug consumption room in Brno, Czech Republic.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01246-4

By:

Mravčík, Viktor;
Janíková, Barbara;
Thanki, Danica;
Nováková, Daniela;
Matoušek, Petr;
Psárska, Simona;
Matušák, Martin;
Buchalová, Žofie;
Dospiviová, Lenka;
Mašková, Lucie;
Blažek, Petr

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Article

"It's nothing personal": understanding barriers to relational harm reduction practices during inpatient hospitalization.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01240-w

By:

Leon, Kelsey;
Weger, Rachel;
Weinstock, Nate;
Jawa, Raagini;
Wilson, J. Deanna

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Article

The impact of institutionalization on the effectiveness of harm reduction: a qualitative study using drug users' representations.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01254-4

By:

Khatmi, Nicolas;
Dany, Lionel;
Roux, Perrine

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Article

A novel naloxone distribution intervention among persons experiencing unsheltered homelessness: acceptability of naloxone training and distribution during an annual point-in-time count.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01250-8

By:

Herrera, Ashleigh;
Rios, Kael

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Article

Evaluation of implementing drug checking services for anabolic androgenic steroids in Switzerland: a pilot study.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01242-8

By:

Magnolini, Raphael;
Kaeppeli, Michel;
Schori, Dominique;
Bruggmann, Philip;
Senn, Oliver

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Article

U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01238-4

By:

Pridgen, Bailey E.;
Bontemps, Andrew P.;
Lloyd, Audrey R.;
Wagner, William P.;
Kay, Emma S.;
Eaton, Ellen F.;
Cropsey, Karen L.

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Article

Community-based drug checking at syringe service programs in New York City observe an increasing prevalence of xylazine from 2021 through 2024.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01237-5

By:

Gomez, Leonardo A. Dominguez;
Estrada, Yarelix;
Sauer, Jeffery;
Zaidi, Izza;
Trinidad, Andrew J.;
Helmy, Hannah;
Harocopos, Alex

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Article

Characteristics, crack use, housing situation and psychosocial problems of people in the open drug scene in cologne, Germany – results of a cross-sectional survey.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01256-2

By:

Deimel, Daniel;
Feldmann, Lucie;
Scherbaum, Norbert;
Firk, Christine;
Fleißner, Simon

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Article

Broad-scale overdose education and naloxone distribution– 5-year follow-up of a regional program in Skåne County, Sweden.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01255-3

By:

Troberg, Katja;
Isendahl, Pernilla;
Dahlman, Disa;
Håkansson, Anders

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Article

"We've lost a lot of lives:" the impact of the closure of North America's busiest supervised consumption site on people who use substances and the organizations that work with them.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01251-7

By:

Magnuson, Morgan;
Vandenberg, Shannon;
Oosterbroek, Tracy;
Dey, Kevin

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Article

'Tranq': perceptions of xylazine and harm reduction practices among people receiving treatment for substance use disorders.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01249-1

By:

Salwan, Aaron;
Dowling-McClay, KariLynn;
Greer, Daniel;
AlAli, Ali;
Brooks, Bill

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Article

Rural community-based participatory research with families of people who use drugs: key considerations from a multi-provincial research partnership.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01247-3

By:

Mathias, Holly;
Duff, Elsie;
Schulz, Petra;
Auger, Sarah;
Gravel-Ouellette, Antoinette;
Lockhart, Teresa;
McCorriston, Willi;
McCrindle, Jenn;
Mirza, Nyal;
Pijl, Em;
Savard, Tyla;
Hyshka, Elaine

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Article

Trends in distribution of harm-reduction equipment for persons who use drugs in Norway, 2016–2022. Archival analysis based on nationwide data collections.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01245-5

By:

Skogen, Jens Christoffer;
Gottschlich, Katharina Natalie;
Blindheim, Martin;
Årstad, Janne

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Article

50 years of harm reduction in Europe: high time for transformation.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01200-4

By:

Jeziorska, Iga;
Martinelli, Thomas F.;
Kools, John-Peter

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Article

Harm reduction in substance use: perspectives and experiences of community volunteers and student interns in Durban, South Africa.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01253-5

By:

Tseole, Nkeka Peter;
Pillay, Julian David

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Article

Vending machines for reducing harm associated with substance use and use disorders, and co-occurring conditions: a systematic review.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01236-6

By:

Zhang, Alice;
Carrillo, Matthew;
Liu, Ryan;
Ballard, Sarah M.;
Reedy-Cooper, Alexis;
Zgierska, Aleksandra E.

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Article

Implementing public health vending machines on the reservation lands of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa (United States)

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01244-6

By:

Allen, Sean T.;
Schneider, Kristin E.;
Conrad, Maisie;
Hughes, Pam;
O’Rourke, Allison;
Reid, Molly C.;
Chavers, Cathy;
Kemp, Christopher G.;
Walls, Melissa

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Article

Discreet but accessible: a qualitative study with people who use drugs and service staff about the optimal design of a harm reduction vending machine in rural Kentucky.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01222-y

By:

Marschke, Rachel M.;
Young, April M.;
Knudsen, Hannah K.;
Cheatom, Chelsi N.;
Cooper, Hannah L. F.

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Article

A pilot evaluation of managed alcohol programs operating in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01232-w

By:

Goulet-Stock, Sybil;
Stockwell, Tim;
Brown, Meaghan;
Rautenberg, Deidre;
Pauly, Bernie

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Article

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with overdose among patients with a substance-related diagnosis in the emergency department of Southern California.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01233-9

By:

Maila, Brian;
Zúñiga, María Luisa;
Marienfeld, Carla

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Article

Dispensing hope: leveraging distribution boxes to enhance low-barrier access to naloxone in healthcare settings.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01229-5

By:

Kothe, Nycole;
Gray, Angela;
Guthrie, Sarah;
Londner, Michael

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Article

Scaling up low barrier wound care for people who use drugs: a mixed methods study.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01241-9

By:

Turi, Eleanor;
Aronowitz, Shoshana V.;
Bettencourt, Amanda;
Li, Allison;
Lin, Jessica;
McFadden, Rachel;
Mandell, David;
Wolk, Courtney Benjamin

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Article

Implementing community drug checking in smaller urban communities: a qualitative study exploring contextual factors to consider.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01234-8

By:

Hutchison, Abby;
Urbanoski, Karen;
Hore, Dennis;
Wallace, Bruce

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Article

"You don't have the right resources to let it hurt": How structural vulnerabilities shape opioid withdrawal experiences among a community sample of people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, California.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01223-x

By:

Ganesh, Siddhi S.;
Gould, Erin E.;
Smeltzer, Rebecca P.;
Goldshear, Jesse L.;
Huh, Jimi;
Ceasar, Rachel Carmen;
Bluthenthal, Ricky N.

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Article

Exploration of novel harm reduction approaches to increase client engagement (ENHANCE): protocol for a prospective cohort study.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01212-0

By:

Gicquelais, Rachel E.;
Conway, Caitlin J.;
Becker, Mikaela;
Bailey, Erika J.;
Bosworth, Cullen;
Miller, Rebecca;
Mijal, Katy;
Curran, Emmie;
Barredo, Bianca;
Taylor, Sydney;
Salisbury-Afshar, Elizabeth;
Seal, David W.;
Burns, Marguerite;
Westergaard, Ryan P.

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Article

"The people who depended on us became expendable": Experiences of frontline workers with lived and living expertise of drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01221-z

By:

Gallant, Kat;
Speed, Kelsey A.;
Betsos, Alex;
Abele, Brandi;
Bonn, Matthew;
Crichlow, Frank;
de Kiewit, Alexandra;
Nurse, Michael;
Sherstobitoff, Alex;
Touesnard, Natasha;
Turner, Karen;
Boyd, Jade

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Article

Characterizing substance users and risk profiles across treatment centers: insights from Iran.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01226-8

By:

Mirzaei, Saeid;
Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Vahid;
Mehrolhassani, Mohammad Hossein;
Nakhaee, Nouzar;
Oroomiei, Nadia

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Article

Comparing smoking-related disease rates from e-cigarette use with those from tobacco cigarette use: a reanalysis of a recently-published study.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01230-y

By:

Lee, Peter N.;
Farsalinos, Konstantinos

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Article

Online gambling forums as a potential target for harm reduction: an exploratory natural language processing analysis of a reddit.com forum.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01220-0

By:

van der Maas, Mark;
Samuel, Jim

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Article

Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01211-1

By:

Magdalena, Cerdá;
Bennett, L. Allen;
Alexandra, B. Collins;
Czarina, N. Behrends;
Michele, Santacatterina;
Victoria, Jent;
Brandon, D. L. Marshall

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Article

Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01205-z

By:

Sutherland, Rachel;
Steele, Maureen;
Rodgers, Craig;
Silins, Edmund;
Gilliver, Rosie;
Peacock, Amy;
Barratt, Monica;
Ezard, Nadine;
Siefried, Krista J.;
Page, Robert;
Bruno, Raimondo;
Read, Phillip

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Article

Establishing a community advisory board to align harm reduction research with the unique needs of Black and Latine communities.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01214-y

By:

Kapler, Simon;
Hassan, Hira;
Jeremiah, Alexander;
Bryant, Katurah;
Crespo, Presto;
Felix, Nesta;
Lopez, Sónyi Elena;
Morales, Antonio;
Reeves, Sean;
Jordan, Ayana

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Article

"You have to love the party setting": an ethnography of the blurred lines between roles and experiential knowledge in a French harm reduction collective working in the party setting.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01209-9

By:

Garbolino, Serena;
Dos Santos, Marie;
Pimond, Ombline;
Sayag, Lionel;
Khatmi, Nicolas;
Roux, Perrine

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Article

Centering peers in design and training for a peer-delivered contingency management program for self-identified harm reduction and treatment goals.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01213-z

By:

Peng, Linda;
Stack, Erin;
Cooke, Alexis;
Hartzler, Bryan;
Cook, Ryan;
Leichtling, Gillian;
Hildebran, Christi;
Leahy, Judith;
Payne, Kelsey Smith;
Kunkel, Lynn;
Hoffman, Kim;
Korthuis, P. Todd

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Article

Repeated point-prevalence of switching away from smoking after electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) purchase.

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01231-x

By:

Selya, Arielle;
Kim, Sooyong;
Shiffman, Saul;
Goldenson, Nicholas

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Article

Conceptualizing 'cannabis harm reduction': lessons learned from cannabis compassion clubs and medical dispensaries in British Columbia (Canada).

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Harm Reduction Journal, 2025, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12954-025-01199-8

By:

Gagnon, Marilou;
Hobbs, Heather

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Article