Harm reduction approaches to prevention attempt to reduce the negative consequences of a behaviour by doing such things as handing out clean needles to drug addicts.In contrast,programs such as Alcoholic Anonymous,have the goal of eliminating and refraining entirely from a problematic behaviour and adhere to the ____________ approach.

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The statement explicitly indicates that Alcoholics Anonymous aims to eliminate and abstain entirely from problematic behaviors. This is consistent with the definition of the abstinence approach which encourages individuals to completely refrain from the behavior in question. The other options, consequence reduction, damage control, and relapse prevention all involve strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of the behavior but do not involve complete abstinence as a goal.

Harm Reduction Approaches to Prevention Attempt to Reduce the Negative