Corazon San Antonio’s harm reduction team incorporates a spectrum of strategies that meet people on their own terms, and can serve as a pathway to additional prevention, treatment, and recovery services.
“They’re actively using already, so we’re not enabling, we’re encouraging them to come and get services,” Del Fin said.
Harm reduction specialist Claudia Del Fin said in her testing of actively using people, 90% are positive for Hepatitis C and 30-40% are positive for HIV.The program goal is to reduce harm, while also building a connection with those they help. The program makes it easier for individuals to try and get clean when they are ready.
Harm reduction is a different way of addressing the public health problem involving substance use, as well as infectious disease and other harms associated with drug use. Specifically, harm reduction services can: Distribute opioid overdose reversal medications to individuals at risk of overdose, or to those who might respond to an overdose.
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