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Global Challenges in Electrodiagnostic Medicine Education-We Can Do Better. [PDF]
Muscle NervePatel C, Shahrizaila N, Rubin DI.
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Projected Outcomes of Reducing Federal Funding for Syringe Service Programs via Executive Order.
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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.
Jeff DeSimone
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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.
Martin T. Schechter
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Needle exchange programs and social policy
The Journal of Mental Health Administration, 1993The specter of AIDS will continue to dominate the concerns of clinicians, policy-makers, and social scientists into the next century. In addition to being a biological issue, HIV disease is a political issue. As a result of this, interest groups have mobilized to restrict certain interventions aimed at stopping the spread of HIV. Among those restricted
H W, Clark, J M, Corbett
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Marketing Syringe/Needle Exchange Programs
Health Marketing Quarterly, 1999In an effort to bring the AIDS epidemic under control among the highest risk population of injecting drug users, Syringe/Needle Exchange Programs are being considered, developed and implemented. This paper looks at some of the programs in the United States in various stages of development. Also discussed will be the medical, social and political issues
L J, Coleman, K J, Stenlund
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The Feasibility of a Syringe-Needle-Exchange Program in Vietnam
Substance Use & Misuse, 1998Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, syringe-exchange programs have been established in a number of developed countries and have proven effective in reducing the transmission of HIV. Very few similar programs have been established in developing countries.
V M, Quan, A, Chung, A S, Abdul-Quader
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Ethical Issues Raised by Needle Exchange Programs
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 1995United States public health experts have long expressed concern about the prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among injection drug users (IDUs). The United States has the largest reported IDU population in the world: 1.1 to 1.5 million.
S, Loue, P, Lurie, L S, Lloyd
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Rethinking Coverage of Needle Exchange Programs
Substance Use & Misuse, 2006Coverage is a critical issue in public health programs. If an effective intervention does not reach a sufficient proportion of the population, then the intervention will fail to prevent, control or...
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A Collaborative Evaluation of a Needle Exchange Program for Youth
Health Education & Behavior, 1999Limited research has been conducted to examine the effectiveness of existing HIV prevention and harm reduction interventions targeted to injection drug-using youth. Moreover, although there are a growing number of needle exchange programs being developed for youth throughout the United States, the effects of these services have yet to be systematically
R L, Weiker, R, Edgington, M D, Kipke
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