HHS has a comprehensive strategy to empower local communities on the frontlines. The opioid epidemic is one of the Department’s top priorities. In 2017, HHS launched a 5-point Opioid Strategy
Bibliography: Interventions – Harm Reduction
Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines
Guidance for frontline professionals on dealing with county lines, part of the government’s approach to ending gang violence and exploitation (Home Office)
Best Practices across the Continuum of Care for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (PDF)
disorder in Canada should have access to comprehensive treatment options that meet all their needs. Best Practices across the Continuum of Care for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder presents services that should be available to individuals experiencing or at risk of experiencing harms from opioid use (CCSA)
Heroin On Trial
Presentations from the conference (SSA)
Hepatitis C in England and the UK
Latest PHE hepatitis C virus (HCV) reports, slide sets and infographics for England and the UK (Public Health England)
Naloxone-on-Release (PDF)
Guidelines for naloxone provision upon release from prison and other custodial settings (project is co-funded by the European Union under the Justice Programme)
The public health burden of alcohol: evidence review
This review looks at the impact of alcohol on the public health and the effectiveness of alcohol control policies (Public Health England)
National MATOD summit report
Key Outcomes of the National Summit (Harm Reduction Australia)
People who inject drugs: HIV and viral hepatitis monitoring
Data tables and commentary for the unlinked anonymous monitoring surveys of infections and risk among people who inject drugs (Public Health England)
Public health guidance on prevention and control of blood-borne viruses in prison settings
This evidence-based guidance aims to support the planning and implementation of effective programmes to prevent and control the transmission of infectious diseases in prison settings in the European region (EMCDDA)
The lost decade
Neglect for harm reduction funding and the health crisis among people who use drugs (Harm Reduction International)
Guidelines for naloxone provision upon release from prison and other custodial settings
This work is a product of the project “My first 48 hours out – comprehensive approaches to pre and post prison release interventions for drug users in the criminal justice system”. The project, led by the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences/Germany, received funding from the European Union for the period 2017-2018
Drug health harms: national intelligence
Briefings based on presentations and discussion from the meeting of the national intelligence network on the health harms associated with drug use (Public Health England)
Dying on the Streets: The case for moving quickly to end rough sleeping
This report explains why it can be hard to escape the streets and what should be done to prevent further deaths of people sleeping rough. It is based on a national survey of outreach teams who work with people living on the streets night and day (St Mungo’s)
Most students think taking illegal drugs causes problems for users as well as society and want their universities to take a tougher stance
The Higher Education Policy Institute and the University of Buckingham have worked with YouthSight on a survey of attitudes towards drugs among full-time undergraduate students
Public health guidance on active case finding of communicable diseases in prison settings
What are the most (cost-) effective ways to prevent and control communicable diseases in prison settings? (EMCDDA)
Addressing the impact of nondependent parental substance misuse upon children (PDF)
A rapid review of the evidence of prevalence, impact and effective interventions (Public Health England)
Fentanyl: preparing for a future threat
Incident planning for potent opioids arriving into the illicit drug market (Public Health England)
Hepatitis C in England and the UK
Latest hepatitis C virus (HCV) reports, slide sets and infographics for England and the UK (Public Health England)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings
In 2016–17, 836 publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment services provided just over 200,000 treatment episodes to an estimated 127,000 clients (AIHW)
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