Historique
Article de Périodique
The definition of harm reduction (1998)
(Définition de la réduction des risques)
Auteur(s) :
LENTON, S. ;
SINGLE, E.
Année
1998
Page(s) :
213-220
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
14
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
PREVENTION
;
PROGRAMME
;
POLITIQUE
;
CONCEPT
;
THEORIE
;
DEFINITION
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Review, 1998, 17, (2), 213-220
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Les auteurs passent en revue les différentes définitions du terme "Réduction des risques". Les définitions "étroites" se réfèrent aux programmes destinés à réduire les risques des usagers qui continuent à consommer. Les définitions "larges" englobent tous les risques résultant de l'usage de drogues illicites (réduction de l'offre, réduction de la demande et prévention). Les définitions "empiriques" estiment le gain ou la perte d'une politique donnée. Pour les auteurs, les meilleures stratégies sont celles qui ciblent en priorité les effets de la drogue avant la consommation. Les évolutions sont difficiles. 9 catégories de critères sont proposées: sanitaires, sociaux, économiques, individuels, de groupe, de société...et l'évaluation des effets à court, moyen et long terme.
ENGLISH:
Welcome to the Harm Reduction Digest, where in each regular edition of Thug and Alcohol Review invited co-authors will contribute to pieces on the theory and practice of harm reduction. While the focus of subsequent HR Digests will be accounts of the practice of harm reduction interventions, programmes and policies from around the world, it was decided that the first Digest ought to address the definition of Harm Reduction. Consequently the style of this digest is probably more formal than most that will follow it. Many of you will have read DAR's special issue on harm reduction (1995, 14(3)) where Alex Wodak, Bill Saunders, Patricia Erickson, Eric Single and Nick Heather all addressed the issue of definition in their respective contributions. Since this there have been a handful of papers and reports which have also grappled with the issue of definition. Co-author of this piece is Professor Eric Single, from the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Eric addressed issues around the definition of harm reduction in the 1996 Dorothy Black lecture in London and, with Professor Timothy Rohl, as independent evaluators of Australia's National Drug Strategy, wrote on the topic in their report "Mapping the Future".
Les auteurs passent en revue les différentes définitions du terme "Réduction des risques". Les définitions "étroites" se réfèrent aux programmes destinés à réduire les risques des usagers qui continuent à consommer. Les définitions "larges" englobent tous les risques résultant de l'usage de drogues illicites (réduction de l'offre, réduction de la demande et prévention). Les définitions "empiriques" estiment le gain ou la perte d'une politique donnée. Pour les auteurs, les meilleures stratégies sont celles qui ciblent en priorité les effets de la drogue avant la consommation. Les évolutions sont difficiles. 9 catégories de critères sont proposées: sanitaires, sociaux, économiques, individuels, de groupe, de société...et l'évaluation des effets à court, moyen et long terme.
ENGLISH:
Welcome to the Harm Reduction Digest, where in each regular edition of Thug and Alcohol Review invited co-authors will contribute to pieces on the theory and practice of harm reduction. While the focus of subsequent HR Digests will be accounts of the practice of harm reduction interventions, programmes and policies from around the world, it was decided that the first Digest ought to address the definition of Harm Reduction. Consequently the style of this digest is probably more formal than most that will follow it. Many of you will have read DAR's special issue on harm reduction (1995, 14(3)) where Alex Wodak, Bill Saunders, Patricia Erickson, Eric Single and Nick Heather all addressed the issue of definition in their respective contributions. Since this there have been a handful of papers and reports which have also grappled with the issue of definition. Co-author of this piece is Professor Eric Single, from the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Eric addressed issues around the definition of harm reduction in the 1996 Dorothy Black lecture in London and, with Professor Timothy Rohl, as independent evaluators of Australia's National Drug Strategy, wrote on the topic in their report "Mapping the Future".
Affiliation :
Natl. Ctr Res. Prev. Drug Abuse, Curtin Univ. Technol., Perth, WA6001
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.