“No judgment, no preaching”: approaches to harm reduction service provision for people who use drugs in North Carolina
Providers offer valuable services and safe spaces for PWUO in NC, but should ask program participants' preferences regarding interaction style to ensure the services provided are aligned with the desires of PWUO to have the maximum possible impact.
Authors
- Shabbar I. Ranapurwala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3944-3912)
- Elizabeth Joniak-Grant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-485X)
- Hillary Mortensen
- David C. Colston
- Brian W. Pence
- Vivian F. Go
- Adams L. Sibley
- Monica E. Swilley-Martinez
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of North Carolina Health Care (US)
- University of North Carolina System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-026-01440-y
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00