Harm Reduction

Trans Rights are Drug User Rights

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:37:27 +0000

Trans Rights are Drug User Rights chris.spurgat@… Thu, 11/27/2025 - 09:37

Topics

HIV

Stigma and Discrimination

Key Population

Trans and non-binary Communities

Documents

Trans Right are Drug user rights.pdf

Trans Harm Reduction presentation.pdf

Biomedical needs of trans people that uses drugs in relation to HIV.pdf

Description

This online-event was organized by EuroNPUD, the regional drug user rights network in the European Union and its neighbouring countries. ( https://www.euronpud.net/ ):

"Join us for a small moment of virtual solidarity and learning, as we discuss service adaptation, specific needs when it comes to needle syringe provision (aka NSP), and interactions between HRT and other drugs, more specifically the pharmacokinetics of trans people.

The rights of trans people and drug users have been under increasing attack from harmful government policy and violence driven by misinformation campaigns influenced by scare mongering and prohibitionist rhetoric. Intersectional issues such as access to healthcare, labour rights and freedom from criminalisation experienced in our daily lives lead us to champion the need for organising and acts of solidarity." ( https://www.euronpud.net/register-for-the-webinar-trans-rights-are-drug-user-rights/ )

Please find the recording of this event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Y-9_sdrss

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Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolkit

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:30:24 +0000

Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolkit chris.spurgat@… Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:30

Topics

Harm Reduction

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Women

Trans and non-binary Communities

Documents

Executive Summary Pregnancy Substance Use.pdf

El Embarazo Y el Consumo de Sustancias.pdf

Description

This toolkit is available in English and Spanish.

"We want to promote the overall health and wellbeing
of pregnant people who use substances and their families.
We created this resource for pregnant and parenting people who use drugs, their loved ones, and their service providers.
You can use this information to understand your rights, access services, and find high-quality, evidence-based care."

"Nuestro objetivo es promover la salud y el bienestar generales de las personas embarazadas que consumen sustancias y sus familias.
Estos materiales pueden compartirse con miembros de la familia y proveedores de servicio para comenzar a tener conversaciones importantes acerca de sus planes, esperanzas, objetivos y sueños."

https://www.perinatalharmreduction.org/toolkit-pregnancy-substance-use

Please download the toolkit either here: https://harmreduction.org/issues/pregnancy-and-substance-use-a-harm-reduction-toolkit/ or https://www.perinatalharmreduction.org/toolkit-pregnancy-substance-use

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FENIQS-EU: Quality Standards in Drug Demand and Harm Reduction: Implementation Toolkit

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:06:53 +0000

FENIQS-EU: Quality Standards in Drug Demand and Harm Reduction: Implementation Toolkit chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 15:06

Topics

Outreach Work

Prevention, Testing & Treatment

Harm Reduction

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Documents

FENIQS-EU Quality Standards in Drug Demand and Harm Reduction - Implementation Toolkit.pdf

Description

"This Quality Standards Implementation Toolkit was developed in the framework of the
Further ENhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in drug demand
reduction across Europe (FENIQS-EU) project.
The general objective of the FENIQS-EU project is to enhance the implementation of
quality standards in drug prevention, treatment, and harm reduction throughout
Europe with more services, organisations and countries applying standards in their
daily practices." (p. 2)

Jeziorska, I. and the FENIQS-EU Consortium (2023). FENIQS-EU. Quality standards in drug demand and
harm reduction: Implementation toolkit. Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network
and the FENIQS-EU project

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BETRAD Better Treatment for Ageing Drug User

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:00:12 +0000

BETRAD Better Treatment for Ageing Drug User chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 15:00

Topics

Key Population

Community Health Workers

Documents

BETRAD.pdf

Description

"The Toolbox is one of the most important intellectual outputs of
the European BeTrAD Project. It incorporates the findings and
conclusions of all the project processes into a web format for
consultation. It provides tools and guidance to develop, imple-
ment and improve services for aging drug users.
These tools are aimed at social service providers, agencies that
train professionals, policy-makers and higher education institu-
tions." (p. 4)

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Harm Reduction Key Principles in Homeless Services

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:41:47 +0000

Harm Reduction Key Principles in Homeless Services chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 14:41

Topics

Intersectionality

Harm Reduction

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Documents

Harm Reduction Key Principles in Homeless Services.pdf

Description

"The Key Principles of Harm Reduction are
one of the main outcomes of the
HR4Homelessness project.

The Principles aim
to contribute to improving and
transforming services and policies across
Europe that shape access to, and the quality
of, care that people experiencing
homelessness who use drugs or alcohol
receive.
The Key Principles aim at providing an open,
iterative and evolving framework for the
improvement of Harm Reduction-based drug
and alcohol use related support." (p. 12)

Find more information about the HR4Homelessness project here: https://correlation-net.org/2021/10/12/key-principles-of-harm-reduction-in-homeless-settings/

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Becoming Peer

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:39:03 +0000

Becoming Peer chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 14:39

Topics

Harm Reduction

Community Involvement

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Documents

Becoming Peer.pdf

Description

"This publication offers a toolbox for reimagining harm
reduction through discussions of common but contested
concepts: peer involvement, health, and evidence.
Through peer involvement we explore the relations
between harm reduction stakeholders." (p. 6)

Mandler, T. & Perez Gayo, R. (2023) Becoming Peer. Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction
Network.

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Using Intervention Mapping to Develop ‘ROSE’: An Intervention to Support Peer Workers in Overdose Response Settings

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:28:01 +0000

Using Intervention Mapping to Develop ‘ROSE’: An Intervention to Support Peer Workers in Overdose Response Settings chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 14:28

Topics

Harm Reduction

Community Involvement

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Documents

Using intervention mapping to develop ROSE.pdf

Description

Abstract

Background: Peer workers (those with lived/living experience of substance use working in overdose response
settings) are at the forefront of overdose response initiatives in British Columbia (BC). Working in these settings can
be stressful, with lasting social, mental and emotional impacts. Peer workers have also been disproportionately
burdened by the current dual public health crises characterized by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in
illicit drug overdose deaths. It is therefore critical to develop supports tailored specifically to their realities.

Methods: We used the six steps outlined in the Intervention Mapping (IM) framework to identify needs of peer
workers and design an intervention model to support peer workers in overdose response settings.

Results: Eight peer-led focus groups were conducted in community settings to identify peer workers’ needs and
transcripts were analyzed using interpretive description. The strategies within the intervention model were
informed by organizational development theory as well as by lived/living experience of peer workers. The support
needs identified by peer workers were categorized into three key themes and these formed the basis of an
intervention model titled ‘ROSE’; R stands for Recognition of peer work, O for Organizational support, S for Skill
development and E for Everyone. The ROSE model aims to facilitate cultural changes within organizations, leading
towards more equitable and just workplaces for peer workers. This, in turn, has the potential for positive socio-
ecological impact.

Conclusions: Centering lived/living experience in the intervention mapping process led us to develop a framework
for supporting peer workers in BC. The ROSE model can be used as a baseline for other organizations employing
peer workers.

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Delivering Youth-led Peer Education - A Guide to Facilitate Youth-led Workshops on Sexual Health and Drug-Related Harm Reduction

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:27:50 +0000

Delivering Youth-led Peer Education - A Guide to Facilitate Youth-led Workshops on Sexual Health and Drug-Related Harm Reduction chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 13:27

Topics

Harm Reduction

Community Involvement

Policy & Advocacy

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Documents

Delivering Youth-led Peer Education.pdf

Description

"This guide was developed as part of the
international ‘Educate, empower and
engage for healthy lives’ project. This guide
was developed by a team of young people
with personal experience as a young
person who uses drugs and/or work with
vulnerable young people. The guide was
developed by the project team and then
piloted in 4 countries (Kyrgyzstan, Mexico,
Nigeria, and Portugal). The objective of
the trainings, workshops and this guide
is to promote healthy behaviours and
lifestyle choices among young people
who use drugs, or are at risk of using
drugs, as well as contributing to the
development of better youth policies that
impact upon marginalised youth. Some
of the activities have been drawn from a
previous peer education guide produced
by Youth RISE and other resources and
activities that have proved effective in
other peer education settings." (p. 1)

The guide is available to
download from the Youth RISE’s
website in numerous languages
via: www.youthrise.org.uk

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The Mental Health Challenges Faced by Harm Reduction Staff - Civil Society Monitoring of Harm Reduction in Europe

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:05:37 +0000

The Mental Health Challenges Faced by Harm Reduction Staff - Civil Society Monitoring of Harm Reduction in Europe chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:05

Topics

Mental Health

Harm Reduction

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Community Health Workers

Documents

The Mental Health Challenges Faced by Harm Reduction Staff.pdf

Description

The aim of the study was to focus specifically on the characteristics of harm reduction workers,
the various challenges they encounter in their work and how those challenges affect them
and their organisations.

Darragh, L; Jeziorska, I., Rigoni, R., Schiffer., K (2023). The Mental Health Challenges Faced by Harm
Reduction Staff - Civil Society Monitoring of Harm Reduction in Europe, 2023. Amsterdam, Correlation –
European Harm Reduction Network. ISBN: N9789082810998

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Connecting - A Guide to Using Harm Reduction Supplies as Engagement Tools

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:52:54 +0000

Connecting - A Guide to Using Harm Reduction Supplies as Engagement Tools chris.spurgat@… Tue, 07/29/2025 - 11:52

Topics

Harm Reduction

Key Population

People who use Drugs

Community Health Workers

Documents

Connecting - A Guide to Using Harm Reduction Supplies as Engagement Tools.pdf

Description

Connecting - A Guide to Using Harm Reduction Supplies
as Engagement Tools was developed to support frontline
workers in their day to day work.

Miskovic, M., Zurba, N., Beaumont,
D., Conway, J. (2020).
Connecting - A Guide to Using
Harm Reduction Supplies as Engagement Tools,
Ontario Harm Reduction Distribution Program,
Kingston Community Health Centres, Kingston Ontario.

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