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CAMARGO, Paola de Oliveira et al. Reduction damage practives and consumption of the crack. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2019, n.22, pp.35-40. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0261.

BACKGROUND: The approach to care for drug users is punctual and difficult to access to health services, professionals do not address the abusive use of these substances, and Harm Reduction aims to prevent occurrences that may be associated with this abusive use in people who do not want or they cannot stop using drugs. AIM: To analyze the international scientific production of the last five years on the consumption of crack and damage reduction strategies. METHOD: This is an integrative review of the literature, carried out in August 2017 in the LILACS and PUBMED databases. As a research filter we used articles from 2012 to 2017 carried out outside Brazil. After the discussion of the data, the results evidenced in the analysis of the articles included in this review were presented. RESULTS: Nine papers were selected, seven of them quantitative and two qualitative studies, most published between 2014 and 2015, seven in Canada and two in the United States. All nine articles are related to so "controlled use or supervised use" (SSR) rooms and advocates that this strategy is a strong power for harm reduction. CONCLUSION: Harm reduction strategies in other countries are based on providing local users with a safe use, with a view to preventing disease and reducing risky behavior. This study will contribute to the knowledge of harm reduction strategies applied in the world context, serving as a basis to reflection for actions in the national territory.

Palabras clave : Harm reduction; Crack cocaine; Disease prevention; Health services; Reducción del daño; Cocaéna crack; Prevención de enfermedade; Servicios de salud.

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