Harm Reduction As A Trauma-Informed Approach To Substance Use: A Guide For Primary Care Providers

Guide or handbook
by
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Release Date

2023

Geography

USA

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Objective

This guide provides information and strategies to primary care providers on harm reduction as a trauma informed approach to treating individuals with substance use disorder.

Findings/Key points

This guide discusses harm reduction principles, driving factors of substance use, disproportionately impacted populations, harm reduction strategies and their impact, motivational interview techniques to assess readiness for change and conversation starters for prescribers to talk to people who use drugs in an empathetic, less stigmatizing and trauma-informed way.

Keywords

2SLGBTQI+
About prescribers
Drug checking
Equity
Harm reduction
Illegal drugs
Injecting drugs
Opioids
Overdose
SCS/OPS
Stigma