The international scientific production on harm reduction

a comparative analysis between MEDLINE and LILACS

Authors

  • Vilmar Ezequiel dos Santos Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Cássia Baldini Soares Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Célia Maria Sivalli Campos Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v8i1p41-47

Keywords:

Harm Reduction; Public Health; Street Drugs; Review Literature as Topic

Abstract

The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the course of harm reduction (HR) in the countries where it was diffused. I started from the assumption that HR means new way of understanding and intervening in the problems related to drug use. The method consisted in the revision of scientific publications available in the MEDLINE, in the period of 1996 to 2006 and LILACS bases, without timeframe restriction. The analysis of the publications points to the diffusion of strategies and widening of the HR field in several countries, and shows significant differences in their characteristics when compared to countries of central and peripheral capitalism.

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Published

2012-04-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Original Article

How to Cite

Santos, V. E. dos, Soares, C. B., & Campos, C. M. S. (2012). The international scientific production on harm reduction: a comparative analysis between MEDLINE and LILACS. SMAD Revista Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool E Drogas (Edição Em Português), 8(1), 41-47. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v8i1p41-47