Bringing harm reduction to the Black community: There's a fire in my house and you're telling me to rearrange my furniture?. Woods, I. P. In Harm reduction: Pragmatic strategies for managing high-risk behaviors., pages 301–326. The Guilford Press, New York, NY, 1998.

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This chapter mentions the difficulties associated with substance use disorders in African Americans. It mentions how there are different factors related to substance use disorders and how there may be issues associated with harm reduction efforts in the Black community.

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This chapter illustrates the importance of sensitivity and community involvement in approaching the Black community in regard to harm reduction. The author emphasizes the need to be mindful of the complexities involved in individual responses to the problems associated with substance abuse. He explores the realities of substance abuse in African American communities—the realities that make this topic such a difficult one. He also looks at the unreality of many expectations regarding substance users, and demonstrates how harm reduction can help an individual user by 'breaking the fall' into self-destruction. The following topics are addressed: historical barriers to harm reduction in the Black community, unemployment as an issue in the Black community, effects of the presence of illegal substances in Black communities, unrealistic expectations and unfulfilled dreams, philosophical differences among African American leaders, and issues in developing harm reduction efforts for the Black community. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
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	address = {New York, NY},
	title = {Bringing harm reduction to the {Black} community: {There}'s a fire in my house and you're telling me to rearrange my furniture?},
	isbn = {978-1-57230-397-3},
	shorttitle = {Bringing harm reduction to the {Black} community},
	abstract = {This chapter illustrates the importance of sensitivity and community involvement in approaching the Black community in regard to harm reduction. The author emphasizes the need to be mindful of the complexities involved in individual responses to the problems associated with substance abuse. He explores the realities of substance abuse in African American communities—the realities that make this topic such a difficult one. He also looks at the unreality of many expectations regarding substance users, and demonstrates how harm reduction can help an individual user by 'breaking the fall' into self-destruction.  The following topics are addressed: historical barriers to harm reduction in the Black community, unemployment as an issue in the Black community, effects of the presence of illegal substances in Black communities, unrealistic expectations and unfulfilled dreams, philosophical differences among African American leaders, and issues in developing harm reduction efforts for the Black community. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)},
	booktitle = {Harm reduction:  {Pragmatic} strategies for managing high-risk behaviors.},
	publisher = {The Guilford Press},
	author = {Woods, Imani P.},
	editor = {Marlatt, G. Alan},
	year = {1998},
	keywords = {African American, Black, Cultural Humility, Social Determinants of Health, Social Justice, Socioeconomic Factors, Substance Use Disorders, Harm Reduction},
	pages = {301--326},
	bibbase_note = { <p class="annotation-paragraphs" style="content: 'A'; display: block;"> Annotation </p>This chapter mentions the difficulties associated with substance use disorders in African Americans. It mentions how there are different factors related to substance use disorders and how there may be issues associated with harm reduction efforts in the Black community.
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