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Finding a place for needle exchange programs

Critical Public Health, 2004
Using the concepts of stigma, NIMBY and place, this paper examines the difficulties of finding a place for needle exchange programs (NEPs). Data were drawn from semi-structured interviews with NEP staff (Ontario, Canada) that focused on operational policies and routines. An iterative, inductive analytic process was used.
Carol Strike
exaly   +2 more sources

Providing reproductive health services for women who inject drugs: a pilot program

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Needle syringe programs (NSPs), a proven harm reduction strategy for people who inject drugs, frequently offer limited healthcare services for their clients.
Lauren Owens, Kelly Gilmore, Mishka Terplan, Sarah Prager, Elizabeth Micks   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who inject drugs accessing harm reduction services in an rural American state

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background The impact of public health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic on people who inject drugs (PWID) has varied across regions. In other countries, recent research has shown that PWID access to harm reduction services, despite rapid adaptations,
Kinna Thakarar, Michael Kohut, Rebecca Hutchinson, Rebecca Bell, Hannah E. Loeb, Debra Burris, Kathleen M. Fairfield   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Ahmad Hajebi, Saeid Mirzaei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We're actually more of a likely ally than an unlikely ally”: relationships between syringe services programs and law enforcement

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, Angela E. Lee-Winn, Sara Brandspigel, Musheng L. Alishahi, Ashley Brooks-Russell   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Washington Needle Depot: fitting healthcare to injection drug users rather than injection drug users to healthcare: moving from a syringe exchange to syringe distribution model

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, Small Dan, Rigter Galen, Walter Thia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Developing and Testing the Populi Needle Exchange Point Finder: An App to Reduce Harm Associated With Intravenous Drug Consumption Among Homeless and Non-homeless Drug Users

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, Fran Calvo, Xavier Carbonell, Carles Mundet   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source