Harm Reduction-1
Harm reduction:
Harm reduction is a series of thoughts and actual strategies such as needle distribution and recovery programs, lower the risk by using methadone, which was invented by doctors and people who use drugs. Moreover, in order to make the drug users feel welcome and provide safety for them, the medical profession must be active, rather than passive, both physically and psychologically, thus decrease harm and negative consequences.[1]
Alcohol dependence:
A psychological imbalance caused by a psychological or physiological dependence on an alcoholic beverage. Patients will ignore the various disorders that appear in their own bodies and consume large amounts of alcoholic beverages for a long time. Severe alcohol dependence almost regularly brings heavy health and social costs, including acute, chronic and social harm.[2]
MAPs:
The program provides a limited provision of alcohol while providing living quarters and other resources to solve the problem of severe alcohol dependence and homelessness is described as Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs). Managed Alcohol program is included in harm reduction, and have developed in several Canadian cities like Toronto, Thunder Bay and Ottawa. MAP is first established in Toronto in 1996 located at Seaton House, the largest shelter in Toronto. [3][4]
Public health ethics:
Public health focuses on the relationship between individual and common goods. Since the public is the composition of individuals. In a society, individuals do collectively to ensure the conditions in which people can be healthy. (The Institute of Medicine). Based on the definition of public health, public health ethics can be understood as a process to guide policies by the mix of scientific evidence, clinical expertise, and community values focus on preventing illness and developing health and welfare. [5]
Reference
- ↑ Collier, Roger (2017). ""Harm reduction is about providing safety for patients"". "Canadian Medical Association Journal". 189, no.36.
- ↑ Pauly, Bernadette (2016). "Finding Safety: a Pilot Study of Managed Alcohol Program Participants' Perceptions of Housing and Quality of Life". Harm Reduction Journal. 13, no.1.
- ↑ Pauly, Bernadette (2016). "Finding Safety: a Pilot Study of Managed Alcohol Program Participants' Perceptions of Housing and Quality of Life". Harm Reduction Journal. 13, no.1.
- ↑ Greenberg, M (2018). "The Value of Harm Reduction for Injection Drug Use: A Clinical and Public Health Ethics Analysis". Disease-a-Month. 65, no.5.
- ↑ Greenberg, M (2018). "The Value of Harm Reduction for Injection Drug Use: A Clinical and Public Health Ethics Analysis". Disease-a-Month. 65, no.5.