Orientation on harm reduction : three-hour training course. Participant manual / World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region ; [developed and written by Sarah Larney and Kate Dolan ; edited by Manuela Moeller]
Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTORY NOTES; PRE-TRAINING KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; MODULE 1: Introduction to drugs, HIV and harm reduction; MODULE 2: Outreach to injecting drug users; MODULE 3: Drug dependency treatment; MODULE 4: Needle and syringe programmes; MODULE 5: HIV prevention in prisons and closed settings; POST-TRAINING KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE
Summary
This training package has been produced for audiences unfamiliar with harm reduction for injecting drug users. It provides an introduction to important concepts in HIV prevention for injecting drug users. The package contains five training modules with slides that can be delivered separately or in one session. The modules cover the following topics: introduction to drugs, HIV and harm reduction; Outreach to injecting drug users; Drug-dependency treatment; Needle and syringe programmes and HIV prevention in prisons and closed settings. The delivery of this training package should include opp