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Rethinking Coverage of Needle Exchange Programs

Substance Use & Misuse, 2006
Coverage 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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Pharmacist Involvement in Needle Exchange Programs

American Pharmacy, 1994
The use of injecting drugs with contaminated syringes and needles is a major factor in the spread of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that clean syringes and needles be made more easily available.
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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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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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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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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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Depression among needle exchange program and methadone maintenance clients

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2000
The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of major depression in two cohorts of injection drug users, those enrolled in a Rhode Island Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program (MMTP) and those enrolled in a Rhode Island Needle Exchange Program (NEP) using cross-sectional interviews.
R S, Brienza, M D, Stein, M, Chen, A, Gogineni, M, Sobota, J, Maksad, P, Hu, J, Clarke   +7 more
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Prison needle exchange programs work.

HIV/AIDS policy & law review, 2005
On 27 October 2004 the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) released reports recommending that needle exchange programs (NEPs) be implemented in prisons, based on evidence that such programs promote and protect the health of both prisoners and prison staff.
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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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