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A qualitative study of facilitators and barriers to participate in a needle exchange program for women who inject drugs [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Women who inject drugs (WWID) show higher levels of injecting risk behaviour compared to men, putting them at risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis C (HCV).
Malin Värmå Falk, Susanne Strömdahl, Anna Mia Ekström, Martin Kåberg, Niklas Karlsson, Helena Dahlborn, Anders Hammarberg   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Securitizing carceral health: a realist review of Canada’s prison needle exchange program [PDF]

Health & Justice
Background In 2018, in response to a lawsuit and years of civil society advocacy for prison-based syringe distribution due to elevated rates of injection drug use, HIV, and hepatitis C virus among incarcerated people, the Correctional Service of Canada ...
Liam Michaud, Heino Stöver, Emily van der Meulen, Ann De Shalit, Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Rhiannon Thomas, Jörg Pont   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Health literacy and changes in pattern of drug use among participants at the Stockholm Needle Exchange Program during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background and aims People who inject drugs may be particularly vulnerable to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) due to underlying health problems, stigma and social vulnerabilities. Harm reduction services, including needle
K. Lindqvist, C. Wallmofeldt, E. Holmén, A. Hammarberg, M. Kåberg   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Using the socioecological model to guide service delivery improvements to the prison needle exchange program in Canada: insights from multi-level stakeholders [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background In 2018–2019, Canada introduced a Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP) across nine federal facilities to mitigate the harms associated with drug injection among incarcerated people. However, program uptake has been limited.
Nadine Kronfli, Lise Lafferty, Frederic Leone, Mark Stoové, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Andrew R. Lloyd, Frederick L. Altice   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Costs and consequences of the Portuguese needle-exchange program in community pharmacies. [PDF]

Can Pharm J (Ott), 2020
Background: Needle-exchange programs (NEPs) reduce infections in people who inject drugs. This study assesses the impact community pharmacies have had in the Needle-Exchange Program in Portugal since 2015.
Borges M, Gouveia M, Fiorentino F, Jesus G, Cary M, Guerreiro JP, Costa S, Carneiro AV.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Substance Use, Hospitalizations, and Co-Occurring Disorders among Patients Transferred from a Needle Exchange Program to Opioid Maintenance Treatment. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Opioid use disorders (OUD) is a relapsing condition with high mortality. Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) reduces heroin use, and overall morbidity and mortality.
Bråbäck M, Brantefors A, Franck J, Brådvik L, Isendahl P, Nilsson S, Troberg K, Håkansson A.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

“We shouldn't encourage drug use”: Unpacking correctional officer opposition and support of the Prison Needle Exchange Program

Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023
Background: The Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP) is a harm reduction initiative which involves providing people who are incarcerated (PWAI) with sterile injection equipment to avoid harms associated with unsterilized needle use, such as the spread ...
Cindy Whitten, Rosemary Ricciardelli, Matthew S. Johnston   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Sticking points: Incarcerated women's views on barriers to a prison needle exchange program

Incarceration, 2023
While prison needle exchange programs, or prison needle and syringe programs, have existed in different parts of the world since the 1990s, little is known about how currently incarcerated people perceive them—particularly in Canada, where such programs ...
Luca Berardi, Sandra Bucerius, Lorielle Giffin   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Gatekeeping harm reduction in Canadian Federal Prisons: Perspectives on the threat risk assessment for the prison needle exchange program by prison administrative leadership. [PDF]

Addiction
Background and aims Prison needle exchange programs (PNEPs) are evidence‐based, cost‐effective interventions that prevent transmission of blood‐borne viruses. PNEPs were introduced in a minority of Canadian federal prisons in 2018; however, participation
Kronfli N, Popovic N, Weiss E, Stoové M, Lafferty L, Price O, Madden LM, Hajarizadeh B, Lloyd AR, Altice FL.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Health Related Quality of Life in Individuals Transferred from a Needle Exchange Program and Starting Opioid Agonist Treatment. [PDF]

J Addict, 2018
Background Opioid agonist treatment (OAT), for the treatment of heroin dependence, has been reported to improve overall health and lower mortality. Drug use and retention in treatment have often been used as measures of treatment success.
Bråbäck M, Brådvik L, Troberg K, Isendahl P, Nilsson S, Håkansson A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources