Harm Reduction Journal

Papers
(The TQCC of Harm Reduction Journal is 7. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
The underbelly of E-cigarette advertising: regulating online markets on social media platforms90
Social and environmental determinants influencing injection drug use and HIV risk among two sister cities on the US–Mexico border: a comparative cross-sectional study, 2016–201883
Community-based respondent-driven sampling as a strategy for drug use surveillance in a large French urban area59
Accessing needle exchange services in disasters for remote areas of Aotearoa New Zealand47
Municipal police support for harm reduction services in officer-led referrals of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico47
How a sample of English stop smoking services and vape shops adapted during the early COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey46
How post overdose response efforts can address social determinants of health among people who use drugs: perspectives from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Post Overdose Response Team 45
Nasal administration of diacetylmorphine improved the adherence in a patient receiving heroin-assisted treatment41
The acceptability of overdose alert and response technologies: introducing the TPOM-ODART framework41
Interim opioid agonist treatment for opioid addiction: a systematic review40
Assessing experts’ perspectives on challenges in substance misuse prevention, harm reduction, and treatment to shape funding priorities in New York State40
The hazardous (mis)perception of Self-estimated Alcohol intoxication and Fitness to drivE—an avoidable health risk: the SAFE randomised trial38
High prevalence of hepatitis B virus susceptibility among persons undergoing community-based hepatitis C virus treatment37
Acceptability of a pilot motivational interviewing intervention at public health facilities to improve the HIV treatment cascade among people who inject drugs in Indonesia35
Reported adverse events related to use of hepatitis C virus direct-acting antivirals with opioids: 2017–202134
Acceptability of supervised injection facilities among persons who inject drugs in upstate New York33
The generative potential of mess in community-based participatory research with young people who use(d) drugs in Vancouver33
Remote harm reduction services are key solutions to reduce the impact of COVID-19-like crises on people who use drugs: evidence from two independent structures in France and in the USA33
Association between heaviness of cigarette smoking and serious psychological distress is stronger in women than in men: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in Japan32
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who inject drugs accessing harm reduction services in a rural American state32
Subspecialty physicians’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators of hepatitis C treatment: a qualitative study29
Does sexuality matter? A cross-sectional study of drug use, social injecting, and access to injection-specific care among men who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia29
“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 policies28
Egocentric network characteristics of people who inject drugs in the Chicago metro area and associations with hepatitis C virus and injection risk behavior26
Contamination of a drug consumption room with drugs and potential risks for social health care workers26
Patterns of cannabis use, perception of harm, and perceived impact of legislative change in an online sample of young adults from Lebanon: insight on recreational users versus dual motive users25
Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study24
A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City23
Implementation of buprenorphine services in NYC syringe services programs: a qualitative process evaluation23
Motives for alcohol use, risky drinking patterns and harm reduction practices among people who experience homelessness and alcohol dependence in Montreal23
A Case report of a continuous ambulatory drug delivery (CADD) pump to deliver opioid agonist treatment in an acute care setting23
Double counting of clients using services in Iran: implications for assessing the reach of harm reduction programs23
A simplified point-of-service model for hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in South Africa22
“As long as that place stays open, I’ll stay alive”: Accessing injectable opioid agonist treatment during dual public health crises22
Exploring substance use disorder discussions in Native American communities: a retrospective Twitter infodemiology study22
Xylazine awareness and attitudes among people who use drugs in Ohio, 2023–202421
“It’s starting to weigh on me”: Exploring the Experiences and Support Needs of Harm Reduction Staff in Connecticut using the Social-Ecological Model21
Decentralised same day test and treatment of hepatitis C levering existing peer support networks among men who inject drugs: feasibility and effectiveness20
The impact of JUUL market entry on cigarette sales: evidence from a major chain retailer in Canada19
Awareness and willingness to use HIV self-testing among people who inject drugs in Iran19
Is peer support a tipping point for the opioid use disorder crisis in Appalachia? Research holds the answer19
HIV prevalence and continuum of care among incarcerated people in Iran from 2010 to 201718
Perceptions, intentions, and actual use of a consumer nicotine gum18
A step change model analysis of the establishment of pill testing in one Australian jurisdiction18
Willingness to use and distribute HIV self-testing kits among people who inject drugs in the San Diego–Tijuana border region17
Physiologic oxygen responses to smoking opioids: an observational study using continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada17
Perceived physical health outcomes of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C: a qualitative study17
An exploratory, randomised, crossover study to investigate the effect of nicotine on cognitive function in healthy adult smokers who use an electronic cigarette after a period of smoking abstinence17
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 t17
Managed alcohol: one community’s innovative response to risk management during COVID-1916
The quality of health information provided on web sites selling cannabis to consumers in Canada is poor16
Prevalence and correlates of using opioids alone among individuals in a residential treatment program in Michigan: implications for overdose mortality prevention16
Reporting and methodological quality of systematic literature reviews evaluating the associations between e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking behaviors: a systematic quality review16
Time-series analysis of presentations to four syringe dispensing machines and a needle and syringe programme during COVID-19 lockdowns in Melbourne, Australia16
Treatment non-adherence among methadone maintenance patients and associated factors: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Vietnam16
Fentanyl harm reduction strategies among Latinx communities in the United States: a scoping review16
“Just another thing for me to stress off of”: Responses to unintentional fentanyl use in a community-based study of people who use opioids16
Diverse psychotropic substances detected in drug and drug administration equipment samples submitted to drug checking services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2019–April 202016
The relationship between felt stigma and non-fatal overdose among rural people who use drugs15
Examining common mental health disorders in people living with HIV on methadone maintenance therapy in Hanoi, Vietnam15
Considering treatment-as-prevention scale-up for Australian prisons: a qualitative sub-study of expert stakeholders from the Australian ‘surveillance and treatment of prisoners with hepatitis C’ proje15
Developing an ethical framework for the recruitment of people who inject drugs experiencing incarceration in HIV prevention research: a qualitative study14
Relational anonymity in reducing the harms of illicit drug use: accounts of users of dark web- and street-based services in Finland14
Factors associated with opioid overdose during medication-assisted treatment: How can we identify individuals at risk?14
Understanding the financial barriers to treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder: a focus group study14
Exploring perceived quality of life in long-term methadone-dependent patients: a qualitative study14
Harm reduction and its monitoring in Europe, from EMCDDA to EUDA14
“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 pandemic14
Practical solutions to resolve social barriers to hepatitis C treatment initiation among people who inject drugs: a qualitative study14
Decentralized HIV testing: comparing peer and mail-based distribution strategies to improve the reach of HIV self-testing among people who use drugs in Florida13
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, USA13
Decolonizing drug policy13
The challenges, opportunities and strategies of engaging young people who use drugs in harm reduction: insights from young people with lived and living experience13
Understanding Vietnam’s drug policy for amphetamine-type stimulants misuse13
Moving from ‘stigma reduction’ to ‘inclusion’: development of the inclusion collaborative at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, New South Wales13
NPAideS: a drug-checking study among 3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) users13
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and humoral immune responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines among people who use drugs - in the light of tailored mitigating strategies13
Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice13
Stigma and level of familiarity with opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) among specialist physicians in Israel12
“Wanna cry this out real quick?”: an examination of secondary traumatic stress risk and resilience among post-overdose outreach staff in Massachusetts12
The effect of different types of migration on symptoms of anxiety or depression and experience of violence among people who use or inject drugs in Kachin State, Myanmar12
A qualitative investigation exploring why dance festivals are risky environments for drug use and potential adverse outcomes12
Assessment of two brands of fentanyl test strips with 251 synthetic opioids reveals “blind spots” in detection capabilities12
Access to needles and syringes and methadone maintenance therapy among people who inject drugs in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study12
Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: the role of injection-related tissue damage12
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 Taiwan12
Identifying barriers to hepatitis B and delta screening, prevention, and linkage to care among people who use drugs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA12
Intersecting substance use treatment and harm reduction services: exploring the characteristics and service needs of a community-based sample of people who use drugs11
Decolonizing harm reduction11
Expanding single-venue services to better engage young people who inject drugs: insights from India11
Identifying the facilitators of Iran’s alcoholic beverage black market and presenting solutions for harm reduction: a qualitative document analysis11
Perspectives on long-acting injectable HIV antiretroviral therapy at an alternative care site: a qualitative study of people with HIV experiencing substance use and/or housing instability11
A universal precautions approach to reducing stigma in health care: getting beyond HIV-specific stigma10
Is smokeless tobacco a healthier option in patients with AUD? A follow-up study during treatment10
Responding to a surge in overdose deaths: perspectives from US syringe services programs10
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
Different phases of ATS use call for different interventions: a large qualitative study in Europe10
The Bronze Age of drug checking: barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced drug checking amidst police violence and COVID-1910
Differences in drug use behaviors that impact overdose risk among individuals who do and do not use fentanyl test strips for drug checking10
“They're causing more harm than good”: a qualitative study exploring racism in harm reduction through the experiences of racialized people who use drugs10
Opioid agonist treatment take-home doses (‘carries’): Are current guidelines resulting in low treatment coverage among high-risk populations in Canada and the USA?10
People Who Inject Drugs in Mozambique: We need to normalize HIV treatment and care services in specialized community centers for people who inject drugs!10
“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 drugs10
Peer support workers as a bridge: a qualitative study exploring the role of peer support workers in the care of people who use drugs during and after hospitalization10
Implementation and first-year operating costs of an academic medical center-based syringe services program10
Racial/ethnic disparities in opioid overdose prevention: comparison of the naloxone care cascade in White, Latinx, and Black people who use opioids in New York City10
Attitudes towards people who use substances: a survey of mental health clinicians from an urban hospital in British Columbia10
Is expected substance type associated with timing of drug checking service utilization?: A cross-sectional study10
The motives and methods of methamphetamine and ‘heroin’ co-use in West Virginia10
The “Gateway” hypothesis: evaluation of evidence and alternative explanations10
Factors associated with receptive injection equipment sharing among people who inject drugs: findings from a multistate study at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic9
Buprenorphine/naloxone – one formulation that doesn’t fit all: a case report9
Supporting syringe services programs in the initiation and scale-up of vaccine administration: findings from in-depth interviews9
Correction: ‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts9
People who use drugs and the right to health9
Correction: Co‑designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia9
Respiratory health effects of e-cigarette substitution for tobacco cigarettes: a systematic review9
Safety and feasibility of intranasal heroin-assisted treatment: 4-week preliminary findings from a Swiss multicentre observational study9
“It is the One Thing that has Worked”: facilitators and barriers to switching to nicotine salt pod system e-cigarettes among African American and Latinx people who smoke: a content analysis9
Strategies used to reduce harms associated with fentanyl exposure among rural people who use drugs: multi-site qualitative findings from the rural opioid initiative9
Health workers’ perspectives of hepatitis B-related stigma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in New South Wales, Australia9
Correction: Using digital technology to reduce drug-related harms: a targeted service users’ perspective of the Digital Lifelines Scotland programme9
Correction: Health workers’ perspectives of hepatitis B-related stigma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in New South Wales, Australia9
Opioid-related harms and experiences of care among people in justice settings in New South Wales, Australia: evidence from the National Ambulance Surveillance System9
Adherence to opioid agonist therapy predicts uptake of direct-acting antivirals in people who use drugs: results from the French national healthcare database (the ANRS FANTASIO study)9
Challenges for the implementation of injectable opioid agonist treatment: a scoping review9
The fentanyl made me feel like I needed more methadone”: changes in the role and use of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) due to fentanyl9
‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts9
Co-designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia9
Correction to: An exploratory non-randomized study of a 3-month electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) intervention with people accessing a homeless supported temporary accommodation service (STA)9
Door-to-door overdose harm reduction: an Illinois case study9
Mind the G(ap): bridging prevention needs and approaches for GHB/GBL users and their social environment9
“The new normal has become a nonstop crisis”: a qualitative study of burnout among Philadelphia’s harm reduction and substance use disorder treatment workers during the COVID-19 pandemic8
The high frequency of alcohol advertising during televised English Premier League football games shown in Ethiopia8
Differential risks of syringe service program participants in Central Ohio: a latent class analysis8
Sexualized drug injection among men who have sex with men in Madrid and Barcelona as the first episode of drug injecting8
Shock and awe or incentive-compatible harm reduction? Graphic health warnings on tobacco packages8
When it comes to assessing the impact of e-cigarettes, estimates of device prevalence matter: the BIDI Stick disposable device8
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 Kenya8
“There’s absolutely no downside to this, I mean, except community opposition:” A qualitative study of the acceptability of vending machines for harm reduction8
Association of hospital-based substance use supports on emergency department revisits: a retrospective cohort study in Sudbury, Canada from 2018 to 20228
“It’s a delicate balance”: clinicians’ experiences of providing heroin-assisted treatment8
Combining respondent-driven sampling with a community-based participatory action study of people who smoke drugs in two cities in British Columbia, Canada8
Critical appraisal of the European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) Preliminary Opinion on electronic cigarettes8
Improving access to HIV care among people who inject drugs through tele-harm reduction: a qualitative analysis of perceived discrimination and stigma8
Testing the influence of harm reduction messages on health risk attitudes, injunctive norms and perceived behavioral control8
Opioid overdose prevention education in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic8
The study of feasibility and acceptability of using HIV self-tests in high-risk Iranian populations (FSWs, MSM, and TGs): a cross-sectional study8
Channelling and taxation in European online gambling markets: evolution and policy implications8
Online interventions and virtual day centres for young people who use drugs: potential for harm reduction?8
Implementing harm reduction kits in an office-based addiction treatment program7
Community-Engaged Research Ethics Training (CERET): developing accessible and relevant research ethics training for community-based participatory research with people with lived and living experience 7
Patient perceptions of and experiences with stigma using telehealth for opioid use disorder treatment: a qualitative analysis7
“Naloxone? Not for me!” First cross-assessment by patients and healthcare professionals of the risk of opioid overdose7
Therapy of chronic hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: focus on adherence7
“Prevention of opioid use disorder: the HOME (housing, opportunities, motivation and engagement) feasibility study”7
Older adult drug overdose: an application of latent class analysis to identify prevention opportunities7
Need for integration of hepatitis C (HCV) services in community-based settings for people who inject drugs: results from a global values and preferences survey7
Reducing the stigma surrounding opioid use disorder: evaluating an opioid overdose prevention training program applied to a diverse population7
Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare and substance use service access among women who inject drugs: a qualitative study7
Psychosocial factors associated with overdose subsequent to Illicit Drug use: a systematic review and narrative synthesis7
“It’s like a safety net for when things go wrong”: key stakeholder and program user perspectives on a peer-led safe space program in Sydney, Australia7
‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences7
Harm reduction must be recognised an essential public health intervention during crises7
The group-based law enforcement mistrust scale: psychometric properties of an adapted scale and implications for public health and harm reduction research7
The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh7
Association of spatial proximity to fixed-site syringe services programs with HCV serostatus and injection equipment sharing practices among people who inject drugs in rural New England, United States7
Xylazine detected in unregulated opioids and drug administration equipment in Toronto, Canada: clinical and social implications7
Cannabis donation as a harm reduction strategy: a case study7
Health literacy and changes in pattern of drug use among participants at the Stockholm Needle Exchange Program during the COVID-19 pandemic7
Vaping among Norwegians who smoke or formerly smoked: reasons, patterns of use, and smoking cessation activity7
“I would rather do it myself”: injection initiation and current injection patterns among women who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico7
The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South7
Comparing professional communities: Opioid prescriber networks and Public Health Preparedness Districts7
Improving hospital care for people who use drugs: deliberative process development of a clinical guideline for opioid withdrawal management7
Harm reduction social work with people who use drugs: a qualitative interview study with social workers in harm reduction services in Sweden7
Identifying drivers of increasing opioid overdose deaths among black individuals: a qualitative model drawing on experience of peers and community health workers7
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