Harm Reduction Journal

Papers
(The TQCC of Harm Reduction Journal is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Willingness to use and distribute HIV self-testing kits among people who inject drugs in the San Diego–Tijuana border region114
Decentralized HIV testing: comparing peer and mail-based distribution strategies to improve the reach of HIV self-testing among people who use drugs in Florida100
Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study60
Expanding single-venue services to better engage young people who inject drugs: insights from India54
Egocentric network characteristics of people who inject drugs in the Chicago metro area and associations with hepatitis C virus and injection risk behavior51
Managed alcohol: one community’s innovative response to risk management during COVID-1948
The acceptability of overdose alert and response technologies: introducing the TPOM-ODART framework47
Fentanyl harm reduction strategies among Latinx communities in the United States: a scoping review44
Contamination of a drug consumption room with drugs and potential risks for social health care workers44
HIV risk and prevention among clients of a delivery-based harm reduction service during an HIV outbreak among people who use drugs in northern rural Minnesota, USA41
Welfare first: transforming harm reduction at UK festivals40
Nasal administration of diacetylmorphine improved the adherence in a patient receiving heroin-assisted treatment39
Exploring perceived quality of life in long-term methadone-dependent patients: a qualitative study39
Acceptability of supervised injection facilities among persons who inject drugs in upstate New York38
Moving from ‘stigma reduction’ to ‘inclusion’: development of the inclusion collaborative at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, New South Wales38
Experiences of harm and mental ill-health among gay, bisexual and other men-who-have-sex-with-men who use methamphetamine or GHB/GBL in different combinations: findings from the COMeT study in Taiwan37
Decolonizing drug policy37
Assessment of two brands of fentanyl test strips with 251 synthetic opioids reveals “blind spots” in detection capabilities37
A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City37
Channelling and taxation in European online gambling markets: evolution and policy implications34
Safety and feasibility of intranasal heroin-assisted treatment: 4-week preliminary findings from a Swiss multicentre observational study34
Integration of a community-based harm reduction program into a safety net hospital: a qualitative study29
Barriers to uptake of harm reduction techniques for GBMSM who use drugs in night-clubs and sex-on-premises venues in London and the Southeast: a mixed-methods, qualitative study29
The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh29
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: 29
Facilitators of and obstacles to practitioners’ adoption of harm reduction in cannabis use: a scoping review27
Improving access to HIV care among people who inject drugs through tele-harm reduction: a qualitative analysis of perceived discrimination and stigma27
Vaping among Norwegians who smoke or formerly smoked: reasons, patterns of use, and smoking cessation activity27
Is fentanyl in everything? Examining the unexpected occurrence of illicit opioids in British Columbia’s drug supply26
“Naloxone? Not for me!” First cross-assessment by patients and healthcare professionals of the risk of opioid overdose25
The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South25
Houselessness and syringe service program utilization among people who inject drugs in eight rural areas across the USA: a cross-sectional analysis25
Online interventions and virtual day centres for young people who use drugs: potential for harm reduction?24
Will the Russian war in Ukraine unleash larger epidemics of HIV, TB and associated conditions and diseases in Ukraine?24
“Expected to happen”: perspectives on post-release overdose from recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder23
Strategies used to reduce harms associated with fentanyl exposure among rural people who use drugs: multi-site qualitative findings from the rural opioid initiative23
First results of the French OCTOPUS survey among festival attendees: a latent class analysis23
Correction: Non-injection drug use among incarcerated people in Iran: Findings from three consecutive national bio-behavioral surveys22
Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada22
A systematic review of interventions that impact alcohol and other drug-related harms in licensed entertainment settings and outdoor music festivals22
Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada22
Identifying barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among People Who Use Drugs in Canada: a National Qualitative Study22
Injections and infections: understanding syringe service program utilization in a rural state21
Factors associated with gaps in naloxone knowledge: evidence from a 2022 great plains survey21
Patient perspectives on naloxone receipt in the emergency department: a qualitative exploration21
One-month alcohol abstinence national campaigns: a scoping review of the harm reduction benefits21
Puff, Puff, Don’t Pass: harm reduction for cannabis use during a viral respiratory pandemic20
Change in substance use among patients in opioid maintenance treatment: baseline to 1-year follow-up20
Harm reduction behaviours and harm experiences of people who use 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in Aotearoa New Zealand20
Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions20
Use and perceptions of Cannabidiol among individuals in treatment for opioid use disorder20
BeHERE’s effective virtual training to build capacity to support people who use drugs in non-substance use disorder settings19
Is use of opioid agonist treatment associated with broader primary healthcare use among men with recent injecting drug use histories following release from prison? A prospective cohort study19
Assessing healthcare cost changes associated with transitioning away from cigarette smoking using healthcare claims data: an exploratory study among adult male patients with COPD19
Gaps in evidence for the use of medically authorized cannabis: Ontario and Alberta, Canada19
Analysis of different populations accessing online overdose response training and harm reduction supplies (ADORES)19
Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis C and access to opioid substitution treatment among people who inject drugs in three cities in Croatia: findings from the second wave of respondent-driven sampling surv18
Structural stigma within inpatient care for people who inject drugs: implications for harm reduction18
Not all screens are created equal: examination of surface features and other physical properties of commonly used screen materials for smoking drugs18
Reducing medical cannabis use risk among Veterans: A descriptive study18
Best practices for community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution programs: results from using the Delphi approach18
An evaluation of first responders’ intention to refer to post-overdose services following SHIELD training18
“They make it too hard and too many hoops to jump”: system and organizational barriers to drug treatment during epidemic rates of opioid overdose18
Total systems failure: police officers’ perspectives on the impacts of the justice, health, and social service systems on people who use drugs17
Feasibility of paying people who use drugs cash to distribute naloxone within their networks17
Challenges in legitimizing further measures against smoking in jurisdictions with robust infrastructure for tobacco control: how far can the authorities allow themselves to go?16
'It’s not going to be a one size fits all': a qualitative exploration of the potential utility of three drug checking service models in Scotland16
The joy and pain of being a harm reduction worker: a qualitative study of the meanings about harm reduction in Brazil16
The impact of supported accommodation on health and criminal justice outcomes of people released from prison: a systematic literature review15
Effects of a social network intervention on HIV seroconversion among people who inject drugs in Ukraine: moderation by network gender composition15
“I feel like marijuana is the only drug that wouldn’t kill me”: perceptions of cannabis use in previously incarcerated Black men who have sex with other men15
Switching behavior and changes in smoking behavior by menthol cigarette preference and menthol heated tobacco product use among adults in the United States who smoke cigarettes: an actual use study15
Predictors of concurrent heroin use among patients on opioid maintenance treatment in France: a multilevel study over 11 years15
The “goldfish bowl”: a qualitative study of the effects of heightened surveillance on people who use drugs in a rural and coastal Canadian setting15
International harm reduction indicators are still not reached: results from a repeated cross-sectional study on drug paraphernalia distribution in Germany, 202115
Effect of Massachusetts House Bill No. 4196 on electronic cigarette use: a mixed-methods study15
Creating safe, inclusive spaces for hospital-based health care staff and people who use drugs: an exploratory qualitative study in Vancouver, Canada15
Prevalence of HIV and HCV among injecting drug users in three selected WHO-EMRO countries: a meta-analysis15
Evaluation of a novel therapeutic education programme for people with alcohol use disorder in France: a mixed-methods intervention study protocol (ETHER)15
Correction: The managers’ perspectives on service providing in women’s harm reduction centers during the COVID-19 pandemic: mixed method study15
Involuntary discharge from drug or alcohol treatment programs in Vancouver, Canada15
Epidemic of HIV infection among persons who inject drugs in mainland China: a series, cross-sectional study15
The associations between social determinants of health, mental health, substance-use and recidivism: a ten-year retrospective cohort analysis of women who completed the connections programme in Austra15
Setting foot in private spaces: extending the hepatitis C cascade of care to automatic needle/syringe dispensing machines, a mixed methods study15
Are you tripping comfortably? Investigating the relationship between harm reduction and the psychedelic experience14
Prevalence and predictors of condom use among people who inject drugs in Georgia14
Managing high-risk behaviours and challenges to prevent housing loss in permanent supportive housing: a rapid review14
Quantifying the size and characteristics of a population of people who use drugs on the reservation lands of a tribal nation in the southern plains (USA)14
Law enforcement and syringe services program implementation in rural counties in Kentucky: a qualitative exploration14
Feasibility, acceptability, and perceived usefulness of a community-evidence-based harm reduction intervention for sexualized stimulant use among Mexican gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with14
Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada14
Supervised consumption site enables cost savings by avoiding emergency services: a cost analysis study13
Preloading with drugs before entry to the nighttime entertainment district: presentation, intoxication rates, and effects of police presence during assessment13
Patterns of use and adverse events reported among persons who regularly inject buprenorphine: a systematic review13
Food access among people who inject drugs in West Virginia13
Heroin pipe distribution to reduce high-risk drug consumption behaviors among people who use heroin: a pilot quasi-experimental study13
Correction: Economic evaluation of the effect of needle and syringe programs on skin, soft tissue, and vascular infections in people who inject drugs: a microsimulation modelling approach13
Correction: A reduced exposure heated tobacco product was introduced then abruptly taken off United States shelves: results from a tobacco harm reduction natural experiment13
Development, acceptability and feasibility of a personalised, behavioural intervention to prevent bacterial skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs: a mixed-methods Person-Based 13
HIV incidence and associated risk factors in female spouses of men who inject drugs in Pakistan13
Xylazine co-occurrence with illicit fentanyl is a growing threat in the Deep South: a retrospective study of decedent data13
Gambling treatment service providers’ views about contingency management: a thematic analysis12
Withdrawal during outpatient low dose buprenorphine initiation in people who use fentanyl: a retrospective cohort study12
Differentiating the role of alcohol in young men’s use of substances with sex: A qualitative study12
Ultrasound-guided phlebotomy in primary care for people who inject drugs12
A scoping review on barriers and facilitators to harm reduction care among youth in British Columbia, Canada12
Oral health risks in adults who use electronic nicotine delivery systems and oral nicotine pouches: a critical review of the literature and qualitative synthesis of the available evidence12
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among people who inject drugs12
The impact of COVID-19 on people who inject drugs in New York City: increased risk and decreased access to services12
Public health impact and harm reduction implications of xylazine-involved overdoses: a narrative review12
How an emergency department is organized to provide opioid-specific harm reduction and facilitators and barriers to harm reduction implementation: a systems perspective12
“I don’t let anybody die on my watch”: perspectives on the intersection of community overdose response and emergency medical services among people who use drugs in Seattle, WA12
Perspectives of U.S. harm reduction advocates on persuasive message strategies12
Come back when you’re infected: pharmacy access to sterile syringes in an Arizona Secret Shopper Study, 202312
A Case report of a continuous ambulatory drug delivery (CADD) pump to deliver opioid agonist treatment in an acute care setting12
‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts11
Diverse psychotropic substances detected in drug and drug administration equipment samples submitted to drug checking services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2019–April 202011
A simplified point-of-service model for hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in South Africa11
The challenges, opportunities and strategies of engaging young people who use drugs in harm reduction: insights from young people with lived and living experience11
Correction: Health workers’ perspectives of hepatitis B-related stigma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in New South Wales, Australia11
Relational anonymity in reducing the harms of illicit drug use: accounts of users of dark web- and street-based services in Finland11
The motives and methods of methamphetamine and ‘heroin’ co-use in West Virginia11
NPAideS: a drug-checking study among 3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) users11
HIV prevalence and continuum of care among incarcerated people in Iran from 2010 to 201711
High prevalence of hepatitis B virus susceptibility among persons undergoing community-based hepatitis C virus treatment11
The hazardous (mis)perception of Self-estimated Alcohol intoxication and Fitness to drivE—an avoidable health risk: the SAFE randomised trial11
Challenges for the implementation of injectable opioid agonist treatment: a scoping review11
“We want everything in a one-stop shop”: acceptability and feasibility of PrEP and buprenorphine implementation with mobile syringe services for Black people who inject drugs11
Understanding Vietnam’s drug policy for amphetamine-type stimulants misuse11
The impact of JUUL market entry on cigarette sales: evidence from a major chain retailer in Canada11
The quality of health information provided on web sites selling cannabis to consumers in Canada is poor11
“We were building the plane as we were flying it, and we somehow made it to the other end”: syringe service program staff experiences and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic11
The potential of new nicotine and tobacco products as tools for people who smoke to quit combustible cigarettes – a systematic review of common practices and guidance towards a robust study protocol t11
Challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s HIV harm reduction centers: a mixed-methods study10
Substance use and overdose risk: documenting the perspectives of formerly incarcerated persons in the Fraser East region of BC10
The high frequency of alcohol advertising during televised English Premier League football games shown in Ethiopia10
Correction: Reducing the harms of xylazine: clinical approaches, research deficits, and public health context10
Vancouver’s Alcohol Knowledge Exchange: lessons learned from creating a peer-involved alcohol harm reduction strategy in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside10
Patient perceptions of and experiences with stigma using telehealth for opioid use disorder treatment: a qualitative analysis10
Exploring the perception of key stakeholders toward khat policy approaches in Ethiopia: a qualitative study10
“I don’t want to die”: a qualitative study of coping strategies to prevent fentanyl-related overdose deaths among people who inject drugs and its implications for harm reduction policies10
The impact of an integrated safer use space and safer supply program on non-fatal overdose among emergency shelter residents during a COVID-19 outbreak: a case study10
Harm reduction must be recognised an essential public health intervention during crises10
Selling sex in the context of substance use: social and structural drivers of transactional sex among men who use opioids in Maryland10
Opioid overdose prevention education in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic10
Supporting syringe services programs in the initiation and scale-up of vaccine administration: findings from in-depth interviews10
Exploring substance use disorder discussions in Native American communities: a retrospective Twitter infodemiology study10
Prevalence and correlates of non-fatal overdose among people who use drugs: findings from rapid assessments in Massachusetts, 2017–201910
Therapy of chronic hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: focus on adherence10
Posttraumatic stress disorder in people who use drugs: syringe services program utilization, treatment need, and preferences for onsite mental health care10
SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence, correlates, and access to harm reduction services among people who inject drugs living with and without HIV and their partners in Kenya10
Differences by race and ethnicity in drug use patterns, harm reduction practices and barriers to treatment among people who use drugs in Rhode Island10
Progress and challenges in the elimination of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Germany: results of a pilot study for a national monitoring system, 10 years after the first data collection9
Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare and substance use service access among women who inject drugs: a qualitative study9
Willingness to use a wearable device capable of detecting and reversing overdose among people who use opioids in Philadelphia9
The impact of psychostimulant use on office based buprenorphine treatment retention9
Nurse prescribing practices across the globe for medication-assisted treatment of the opioid use disorder (MOUD): a scoping review9
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among untreated illicit substance users: a population-based study9
Legal sourcing of ten cannabis products in the Canadian cannabis market, 2019–2021: a repeat cross-sectional study9
The relationship between police contacts for drug use-related crime and future arrests, incarceration, and overdoses: a retrospective observational study highlighting the need to break the vicious cyc9
Cohort profile: the Kyrgyzstan InterSectional Stigma (KISS) injection drug use cohort study9
Use of sustained release dextroamphetamine for the treatment of stimulant use disorder in the setting of injectable opioid agonist treatment in Canada: a case report9
Overdose responses among rural people who use drugs: A multi-regional qualitative study9
Mandatory verses voluntary self-tests for new online casino customers: effect on engagement, quality, gambling behavior and use of responsible gambling measures9
Impact of tobacco and/or nicotine products on health and functioning: a scoping review and findings from the preparatory phase of the development of a new self-report measure9
Non-disclosure of drug injection practices as a barrier to HCV testing: results from the PrebupIV community-based research study9
Signals of increasing co-use of stimulants and opioids from online drug forum data9
Point-of-care community drug checking technologies: an insider look at the scientific principles and practical considerations9
Women, gender and drugs: between research and action9
Muslims perceptions of safe alcohol use: a qualitative study in the Gulf Council Cooperation countries9
Community pharmacists’ attitudes toward and practice of pharmacy-based harm reduction services in Pittsburgh, PA: a descriptive survey8
A confirmed case of xylazine-induced skin ulcers in a person who injects drugs in Miami, Florida, USA8
COVID-19 vaccination intention among people who use drugs in France in 2021: results from the international community-based research program EPIC8
Patterns of care contacts in the final year of life among opioid overdose fatalities in southern Sweden: a latent class analysis8
Dealing with low access to harm reduction: a qualitative study of the strategies and risk environments of people who use drugs in a small Swedish city8
Ups and downs of addiction harm reduction in Iran: key insights and implications for harm reduction policy and policing8
Supervised on-site dosing in injectable opioid agonist treatment-considering the patient perspective. Findings from a cross-sectional interview study in two German cities8
Participant perceptions on the acceptability and feasibility of a telemedicine-based HIV PrEP and buprenorphine/naloxone program embedded within syringe services programs: a qualitative descriptive ev8
Balancing public health and privacy rights: a mixed-methods study on disclosure obligations of people living with HIV to their partners in China8
“No-one just does drugs during business hours!”: evaluation of a 24/7 primary needle and syringe program in St Kilda, Australia8
A scoping review of implementation considerations for harm reduction vending machines8
A cultural and political difference: comparing the racial and social framing of population crack cocaine use between the United States and France8
Philanthropic donor perspectives about providing harm reduction services for people living with HIV/AIDS in a hospital setting8
Comprehensive drug policies increase trust in local government: an analysis of authorities’ and residents’ perspectives in rural US Appalachian and Midwestern counties8
Reducing the harms of cannabis use in youth post-legalization: insights from Ontario youth, parents, and service providers8
“As safe as possible”: a qualitative study of opioid withdrawal and risk behavior among people who use illegal opioids8
Medical cannabis use in Australia seven years after legalisation: findings from the online Cannabis as Medicine Survey 2022–2023 (CAMS-22)8
Low-dose overlap initiation with split tablets of buprenorphine in intubated intensive care unit patients with opioid use disorder8
‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland8
A longitudinal study of naloxone opioid overdose awareness and reversal training for first-year medical students: specific elements require reinforcement8
Implementing Canada’s first national virtual phone based overdose prevention service: lessons learned from creating the National Overdose Response Service (NORS)8
Differences in hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment by opioid, stimulant, and polysubstance use among people who use drugs in rural U.S. communities8
An exploration of desired abstinent and non-abstinent recovery outcomes among people who use methamphetamine8
CENTER-ing Black voices: incorporating lived experience across the research process to advance equity in drug treatment and outcomes8
Long-acting injectable depot buprenorphine from a harm reduction perspective in patients with ongoing substance use and multiple psychiatric comorbidities: a qualitative interview study8
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