A WPRO Publication Series

Inside Out

HIV Harm Reduction Education for Closed Settings

Paperback
June 2007
9789290612216
More details
  • Publisher
    World Health Organization
  • Published
    5th June 2007
  • ISBN 9789290612216
  • Language English
  • Pages 154 pp.
  • Size 8.25" x 11.75"
$18.00

Compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation centers provide a significant opportunity to use education and training as a harm reduction approach. This package is written to help staff that work in drug treatment and rehabilitation centers develop and deliver staff training and resident education to reduce HIV transmission. It may also be adapted for use in other closed settings but its primary purpose is for use in centers where all residents have used illicit drugs. It provides educational material for use with resident to help them reduce the risk of the spread of HIV and to deal with the impact of HIV in their lives. It also provides material to reduce the risk to staff working in these centers.