Self-directed course: Harm Reduction Fundamentals: The Foundations

CATIE’s Harm Reduction Fundamentals: The Foundations course aims to build foundational knowledge of harm reduction for service providers working with people who use drugs (including support workers, outreach workers, nurses, workers with lived and living experience, and others who may interact with people who use drugs such as reception and maintenance staff).

This course provides a knowledge base for understanding and reflecting on substance use and harm reduction. In this course, participants will learn about why people use substances and will examine the broader structural drivers of harms related to substance use – including prohibition, criminalization, stigma and discrimination. This course also explores the core principles of harm reduction and how they can be put into practice and adapted to meet the needs of various communities.