Acceptability of an mHealth App That Provides Harm Reduction Services Among People Who Inject Drugs: Survey Study

BackgroundHarm reduction services reduce the negative consequences of drug injection and are often embedded within syringe Peels service programs (SSPs).However, people who inject drugs (PWID) suboptimally engage with such services because of stigma, fear, transportation restrictions, and limited hours of operation.Mobile health (mHealth) apps may

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Opioid-related harms and care impacts of conventional and AI-based prescription management strategies: insights from leveraging agent-based modeling and machine learning

IntroductionLike its counterpart to the south, Canada ranks among the top five countries with the highest rates of opioid prescriptions.With many suffering from opioid use disorder first having encountered opioids via prescription routes, practitioners and health systems have an enduring need to identify and effectively respond to the problematic u

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Antimicrobial Property of Cassava Starch/Chitosan Film Incorporated with Lemongrass Essential Oil and Its Shelf Life

There has been a spreading attention in the present day to develop environmentally friendly materials such as biodegradable starch films with antimicrobial properties for food protection.Chitosan has exhibited antimicrobial activity against a wide range of microorganisms which provided great potential to be used as a packaging material to prolong t

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