harm reduction

English

Noun

harm reduction (uncountable)

1. (healthcare) A range of public health policies designed to lessen the negative social or physical consequences associated with various human behaviors, both legal and illegal.
   • 2023 April 20, Jan Hoffman, “The Fight Over a Drug That Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 November 2025:

     Many harm reduction groups and drug policy experts question the long-term efficacy of scheduling xylazine.

Translations

Translations

• French: réduction des risques
• German: Schadensminderung f
• Russian: снижение вреда (sniženije vreda)

Further reading

• harm reduction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia