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Syringe and Needle Exchange Programs

Southern Medical Journal, 1993
Syringe and needle exchange (SANE) programs appear to be a pragmatic approach to reducing the rising incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among intravenous drug users (IVDUs). One purported indication of the effectiveness of SANE programs is lower prevalence rates of cases of AIDS or of HIV seropositivity in cities with SANE ...
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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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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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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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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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The Importance of Needle Exchange Programs

AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 1997
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Sticking points: Incarcerated women's views on barriers to a prison needle exchange program

Incarceration, 2023
Luca Berardi, Sandra M Bucerius, Lorielle Giffin   +2 more
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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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Satellite exchange in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program.

Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 1998
Our first objective was to develop an index of satellite exchange and then determine whether satellite exchangers (SEs) differed demographically or behaviorally from other injecting drug users (IDUs). Our second objective was to determine the degree that SEs contributed to needle exchange program (NEP) effectiveness.We collected data from approximately
T W, Valente, R K, Foreman, B, Junge, D, Vlahov   +3 more
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