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Syringe and Needle Exchange Programs Worldwide

Southern Medical Journal, 1993
The first large-scale syringe and needle exchange (SANE) programs were established in The Netherlands and in the United Kingdom (UK) about 8 years ago. Since then, SANE programs have been established in Australia, Sweden, Canada, and the United States.
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Needle exchange programs and drug injection behavior

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
This study examines how drug injection and needle sharing propensities respond when a needle exchange program (NEP) is introduced into a city. I analyze 1989-1995 Drug Use Forecasting data on adult male arrestees from 24 large U.S. cities, in nine of which NEPs opened during the sample period.
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A brief intervention for hazardous drinkers in a needle exchange program

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002
Active injection drug users (IDUs) who are also hazardous alcohol users are at particularly high risk for HIV transmission due to sharing of injection equipment. We recruited AUDIT-positive injectors from the Providence, RI needle exchange program for a randomized clinical trial testing the effect of a brief motivational intervention (MI) on frequency ...
Stein, Michael D, Anderson, Bradley, Charuvastra, Anthony, Maksad, Jinane, Friedmann, Peter D   +4 more
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Vancouver's needle exchange program.

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 1990
To stem the spread of HIV among intravenous drug users, and between them and their sexual partners and offspring, Vancouver initiated a multifaceted "ways and means" needle exchange program in March of 1989. As of the end of October, over 2,600 users have registered.
J, Bardsley, J, Turvey, J, Blatherwick
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Science, Ideology, and Needle Exchange Programs

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2002
Needle exchange programs (NEPs) to prevent HIV transmission among injection drug users are accepted in many countries but remain at the center of heated debate in the United States. In 1997, the author published a study of injection drug users in Vancouver showing an explosive outbreak of HIV.
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Needle exchange programs in prisons in Spain.

Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review, 2002
On 11 July 2000, at the XIII International AIDS Conference in Durban, yet another country--Spain--presented evidence that needle exchange programs in prisons work. We reproduce here the text of the presentation entitled "Needle Exchange Program at the Bilbao Prison, Spain: Two Years of Experience (1997-1999)."
C, Menoyo, D, Zulaica, F, Parras
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Needle Exchange Programs for HIV Outbreaks

JAMA, 2015
Ross D, Silverman, Beth, Meyerson, Caitlin F, Priest   +2 more
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The Importance of Needle Exchange Programs

AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 1997
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The role of needle exchange programs in HIV prevention.

Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 1998
Injecting drug users (IDUs) are at high risk for infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other blood-borne pathogens. In the United States, IDUs account for nearly one-third of the cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), either directly or indirectly (heterosexual and perinatal cases of AIDS where the source of infection was an ...
D, Vlahov, B, Junge
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Needle Exchange Programs for HIV Outbreaks—Reply

JAMA, 2015
Josiah D, Rich, Eli Y, Adashi
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