Key Publications - International Harm Reduction Association

by category Alcohol Harm Reduction HIV Prevention and Care for IDUs Policing Harm Reduction (Illicit Drugs) Tobacco Harm Reduction       by sub-category 01. Meaning of harm reduction in the context of HIV prevention for IDU 01. Overviews 01. Overviews of Alcohol Harm Reduction 01. Overviews of harm reduction 02. Alcohol Consumption - Recorded and Unrecorded 02. Epidemiology of IDU and related HIV infection 02. Nicotine policy 02. Strategies and Policies 03. HIV/AIDS prevention policy and programming 03. National and International Policies 03. Needle Exchanges 03. Regulation of nicotine replacement therapies 04. Assessing local and national need for interventions 04. Crackdowns and Enforcement 04. Local Policies and Strategies 04. The health risks of smokeless tobacco and its role in a harm reduction strategy 05. Managing Public Space 05. Police Conduct & Human Rights 05. Regulation of cigarettes 05. Resource allocation/requirements 06. Advocacy 06. IDU risk behaviour 06. Interventions for High-Risk Groups 06. The failure of light cigarettes 07. Cigarette reduction 07. Drinking and Driving 07. Sexual risk behaviour 08. Changing Drinking Environments 08. Needle and Syringe Programs 08. PREPS and other tobacco use 09. Glassware in Bars 09. Substitution treatments 09. The role of the tobacco industry and funding 10. Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment 10. Communication and perceptions of relative risk 10. Server Training 11. Harm Reduction Treatments 11. Health promotion and drug education 12. Alcohol and HIV 12. Outreach and peer education 13. Marginalised groups 13. The Alcohol Industry: Partnership, Codes and Conduct 14. Non-IDU drug use risk 15. Drug user organisations 16. Advocacy 17. Human Rights 18. UN position statements and papers on HIV and IDU Additional Papers

IHRA is dedicated to providing free, accessible harm reduction resources on its website. In this section, you will find various harm reduction papers, documents and articles by IHRA and a wide range of different authors. Many of these are freely available to be downloaded either directly from this website or via links to external websites. Please note that IHRA is not responsible for the content of external websites or documents.

Media Releases

Where necessary, IHRA disseminates press releases in order to promote or defend harm reduction. In many cases, these are made in response to other reports that have been released.

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HR2 Reports

This section contains any reports produced by ‘HR2’ - IHRA’s new programme of research and advocacy on harm reduction and human rights. The project’s mandate is to monitor the policies and practices of multi-lateral organisations (UN agencies, WHO, World Bank, etc.) and assess their compliance with international harm reduction best practice and international human rights law.

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Article of the Month

Each month, IHRA highlights a piece of relevant harm reduction research as an on-going feature on the IHRA e-newsletter. These articles are chosen for their capacity to advance the scientific basis of harm reduction, and their potential value for harm reduction advocates, policy makers, practitioners and researchers.

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“50 Best” Collections – Overview

IHRA has initiated several projects to search, identify and list the “best” documents and papers on specific topics within harm reduction. These projects are funded through a variety of donors and often completed with the assistance of key partners.

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Presentations & Articles

The IHRA staff are frequently asked to make presentations at conferences across the world and to write articles for numerous publications in the field of harm reduction and human rights. This section contains a selection of the presentations and articles that IHRA staff have done recently.

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International Journal of Drug Policy

The International Journal of Drug Policy (IJDP) is the official journal of the IHRA and provides a forum for the dissemination of current research, reviews, debate, and critical analysis on drug use and drug policy in a global context. A free, annual subscription to the International Journal of Drug Policy is available for all Premium and Institutional IHRA members.

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