Between Risk and Harm: Harm Reduction, Risk Reduction and Prevention in Brazil and France

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https://doi.org/10.4322/dilemas.v16n1.49491

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risk, prevention, harm reduction, public policies, social problems

Abstract

Based on an ethnographic and comparative research carried out in institutions that work with risk reduction (réduction des risques) and prevention of risky behavior (prévention des conduites à risques) in Paris, France, and with harm reduction (redução de danos) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this paper aims to discuss some aspects of the differential developments that such preventive approaches to social problems, derived from harm reduction, have had in these countries. Therefore, it uses local translations of harm as “damage” or “risk” as a narrative support to reflect on the characteristics that the strategies, discourses and practices based on this model have assumed in Brazil and France.

Author Biography

Tiago Hyra Rodrigues, Universidade Vila Velha Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia Política (PPGSP) da Universidade Vila Velha (UVV, Brasil) e pesquisador de pós-doutorado do Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (Cebrap, São Paulo, Brasil). Foi pesquisador de pós-doutorado no Centre d’Analyse et d’Intervention Sociologiques (Cadis) da École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris, França). Tem doutorado e mestrado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social (PPGAS) da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC, Florianópolis, Brasil) e bacharelado e licenciatura em ciências sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP, Brasil).

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2023-01-17

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2023): JAN/FEV/MAR/ABR

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