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Supporting syringe services programs in the initiation and scale-up of vaccine administration: findings from in-depth interviews

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Vaccine-hesitant persons who inject drugs are at increased risk for several vaccine-preventable diseases. However, vaccination rates among this population remain low.
Monique Carry, Danae Bixler, Mark K. Weng, Mona Doshani, Emma Roberts, Martha P. Montgomery   +5 more
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Dynamic modeling of hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs

Epidemics, 2020
To reach the WHO goal of hepatitis C elimination, it is essential to identify the number of people unaware of their hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and to investigate the effect of interventions on the disease transmission dynamics. In many high-income
Theresa Stocks, Leah J. Martin, Sharon Kühlmann-Berenzon, Tom Britton   +3 more
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High HIV incidence among persons who inject drugs in Pakistan: greater risk with needle sharing and injecting frequently among the homeless. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The incidence of HIV among persons who inject drugs (PWIDU) has fallen in many nations, likely due to successes of clean needle/syringe exchange and substance abuse treatment and service programs. However in Pakistan, prevalence rates for PWID have risen
Rab Nawaz Samo, Arshad Altaf, Ajmal Agha, Omrana Pasha, Shafquat Rozi, Ashraf Memon, Saleem Azam, Meridith Blevins, Sten H Vermund, Sharaf Ali Shah   +9 more
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Correlates of sharing of needles and syringes among people who inject drugs in Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: This paper examines the correlates of needle and syringe sharing among People Who Inject Drugs in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, which is currently experiencing a steep increase in HIV prevalence despite the ongoing presence of Needle Exchange ...
Muhammad MM Hemel, Md. Masud Reza, Tanveer KI Shafiq, Md. Iqbal Kabir, AKM Masud Rana, Sharful Islam Khan   +5 more
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Substance use characteristics, health risk practices and associated factors among people imprisoned in Catalonia: a cross-sectional study

Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 2019
Introduction There are gaps in the available knowledge about substance use and risky practices among prison inmates witch we proposed to clarify in order to improve interventions. Material and method We conducted a specifically adapted survey with 178
E Bañuls-Oncina, R Clua-García, M Imbernón Casas, R Jiménez-Vinaja   +3 more
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A Sociohistorical Overview of Harm Reduction Development in Croatia [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2020
Harm reduction is viewed as a public health aspect of drug policy in Croatia. The development of needle exchange programs and opioid substitution therapies are discussed herein by sketching the basic contours of the Croatian social and cultural context ...
Siniša Zovko, Nikša Dubreta
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The discourses of risk of drug users in prison

Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 2019
Introduction and objectives: In the last twenty years, sociological changes and actions aimed at improving the health of inmates have contributed to decrease the prevalence of infectious diseases and overdoses among prison population. Currently, however,
R Clua-García, E Bañuls-Oncina, M Imbernón-Casas, R Jiménez-Vinaja   +3 more
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Trends in crime and the introduction of a needle exchange program [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 2000
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine whether introduction of a needle exchange program would be associated with increased crime rates. METHODS: Trends in arrests were compared in program and nonprogram areas before and after introduction of a needle exchange program in Baltimore. Trends were modeled and compared via Poisson regression.
M A, Marx, B, Crape, R S, Brookmeyer, B, Junge, C, Latkin, D, Vlahov, S A, Strathdee   +6 more
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A comprehensive system of pharmaceutical care for drug misusers

Harm Reduction Journal, 2004
This article outlines the evolution of a community pharmacy-based supervised consumption of methadone program in Grater Glasgow. The formalization of this program in 1994 promoted full patient compliance with the methadone regimen and reduced seepage of ...
Roberts Kay, Hunter Carole
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Higher methadone dose reduces risky drug injecting behaviours among methadone clients in Myanmar

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 2021
Background: HIV prevalence rate among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Myanmar is marginally high (34.9%). HIV transmission can be reduced and prevented through harm reduction programs such as methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and needle syringe ...
Sun Tun, B. Vicknasingam, Darshan Singh
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