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Needle Exchange Programs [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2002 Examine the challenges of four service delivery models (i.e., fixed, mobile, satellite and home visits) and how service delivery may impact on NEP HIV prevention efforts.Using a modified ethnographic approach, semi-structured interviews concerning policies and procedures were conducted with staff (n = 59) of NEPs (n = 15) in Ontario.
Carol J, Strike +3 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Background Syringe services programs provide sterile injection supplies and a range of health services (e.g., HIV and HEP-C testing, overdose prevention education, provision of naloxone) to a hard-to-reach population, including people who use drugs ...
Carol Y. Franco +4 more
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Cross-country Comparison of Treatment Policies Facing the Drug Abuse in Five Selected Countries [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2019 Background: Drug abuse is one of the main problems of human's life; thus communities have been thinkingabout the solution of this problem. The present study aimed to compare the general features of drug abusetreatment policies, war on drugs (WOD), and ...
Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhasani +3 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2010 Needle exchange programs chase political as well as epidemiological dragons, carrying within them both implicit moral and political goals. In the exchange model of syringe distribution, injection drug users (IDUs) must provide used needles in order to ...
Glickman Andrea +3 more
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Return Rates for Needle Exchange Programs: A Common Criticism Answered
Harm Reduction Journal, 2004 This study searched the available needle exchange program (NEP) literature for return rate data. A total of 26 articles were found. The overall worldwide return rate was 90%, although this ranged from a low of 15% to a high of 112%. U.S. NEP return rates
Ksobiech Kate
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Assessing and improving needle exchange programs: gaps and problems in the literature
Harm Reduction Journal, 2004 Based on an extensive review of the needle exchange program (NEP) literature, the author sought to identify weaknesses in NEP evaluations published to date.
Ksobiech Kate
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 The spread of viral infections remains a serious public health problem. People who inject drugs represent one of the highest-risk groups. eHealth and mHealth have been shown to be effective in improving individuals' management of their own health and ...
Fran Calvo +3 more
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Moving beyond non-engagement on regulated needle-syringe exchange programs in Australian prisons
Harm Reduction Journal, 2009 Background Australia is at a fork in the road with the possibility of a needle-syringe exchange program (NSP) to be introduced at the new prison in the ACT. However, the current situation is characterised by non-engagement from major stakeholders.
Levy Michael, Mogg Daniel
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Background Vaccine-hesitant persons who inject drugs are at increased risk for several vaccine-preventable diseases. However, vaccination rates among this population remain low.
Monique Carry +5 more
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A Sociohistorical Overview of Harm Reduction Development in Croatia [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2020 Harm reduction is viewed as a public health aspect of drug policy in Croatia. The development of needle exchange programs and opioid substitution therapies are discussed herein by sketching the basic contours of the Croatian social and cultural context ...
Siniša Zovko, Nikša Dubreta
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