{"id":7368,"date":"2026-02-12T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hepatitissa.asn.au\/communitynews\/?p=7368"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:46:10","slug":"intertwined-harm-reduction-and-bbv-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hepatitissa.asn.au\/communitynews\/2026\/02\/intertwined-harm-reduction-and-bbv-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Intertwined: Harm Reduction and BBV Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Harm reduction and blood-borne virus prevention are inextricably linked. 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Fiona shows what&#8217;s in the goody bag&#8230; Pic2: Getting there, like the turtle&#8230; Pic3: After the workshop &#8211; Fiona in Berri with ADAC worker, Di. ( Photos from Hepatitis SA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In developing the community brief intervention component, peer workers from Hepatitis SA liaised with local service providers to gain an understanding of issues specific to people who use\/inject drugs in those regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To increase community engagement, unique goody bags of resources and treats handed out, together with a small gift card for cost reimbursement. These \u2018goody bags\u2019 included BBV prevention resources, harm reduction information and drug use paraphernalia such as tourniquets to support single-person ownership and reduce the transmission risk of arising from sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8230;they found the shared personal experiences valuable and informative&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Between February and July, workshops and community interventions were delivered at Murray Bridge, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Berri, Mount Gambier and Port Augusta. At Port Augusta, point-of-care hepatitis C testing done by a peer worker, was also offered at the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council\u2019s Stepping Stone service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put together by SAhrps, Hepatitis SA\u2019s peer-run harm reduction program, these SA workshops were funded by the federal government, delivered to state and territories via Hepatitis Australia\u2019s HepLink program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAhrps Project Officer, Fiona Poeder, said \u201cOutreach to regional communities were shown to be popular. They help to meet demand in places where some services such as point-of-care testing are non-existent and where the range of harm reduction services and injecting equipment are limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have people telling us they will send more staff to register for these workshops if we were to run them again\u2026 they found the shared personal experiences valuable and informative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"mailto:fiona@hepsa.asn.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fiona@hepsa.asn.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harm reduction and blood-borne virus prevention are inextricably linked. We can\u2019t have the second without the first. 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