A PHN Follows Which of These Guiding Principles on Harm

question 6

Multiple Choice

A PHN follows which of these guiding principles on harm reduction when helping clients who are substance users?

• A)Clients are responsive to culturally competent, nonjudgmental services delivered in a manner that demonstrates respect for individual dignity, personal strength, and self-determination.
• B)Service providers are responsible to the wider community for delivering interventions, which attempt to reduce the economic, social, and physical consequences of drug- and alcohol-related harm and harms associated with other behaviors, or practices that put individuals at risk.
• C)Because those engaged in unsafe health practices are often difficult to reach through traditional service venues, the service continuum must seek creative opportunities and develop new strategies to engage, motivate, and intervene with potential clients.
• D)All of the above.

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