Here you can find information about different harm reduction initiatives, and advice around how to have harm reduction conversations.
You can find information about:
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Values that guide harm reduction practice in Aotearoa.
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Examples of harm reduction initiatives.
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Information and tools for health and social services to strengthen their harm reduction practice and support their staff to have harm reduction conversations with people.
What is harm reduction?
Harm reduction reduces potential health, social, or legal harms from substance use, without requiring a commitment to stopping or reducing use.
Harm reduction principles and values
Values to guide harm reduction practice in Aotearoa and examples from overseas.
Harm reduction initiatives and programmes
Examples of specific harm reduction initiatives, and how harm reduction has been integrated within other services.
Working with different communities
Things to consider when using a harm reduction approach with different communities.
Tools and resources for harm reduction
Tools for health services to strengthen their harm reduction practice and support staff to have harm reduction conversations.
