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A prospective cohort study of risk behaviours, retention and loss to follow-up over 5 years among women and men in a needle exchange program in Stockholm, Sweden.

The International journal on drug policy, 2020
BACKGROUND Needle exchange programs (NEP) are important in reducing risk behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID), also exposed to HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) through injecting drug use (IDU).
N. Karlsson, M. Kåberg, T. Berglund, A. Hammarberg, L. Widman, A. Ekström   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Protocol for a multi-site study of the effects of overdose prevention education with naloxone distribution program in Skåne County, Sweden

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Continuously high rates of overdose deaths in Sweden led to the decision by the Skåne County to initiate the first regional take-home naloxone program in Sweden.
Katja Troberg, Pernilla Isendahl, Marianne Alanko Blomé, Disa Dahlman, Anders Håkansson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategies to control HIV and HCV in methadone maintenance treatment in Guangdong Province, China: a system dynamic modeling study

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2018
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) participants remain high.
Xia Zou, Yong Xu, Wen Chen, Yinghua Xia, Yin Liu, Cheng Gong, Li Ling   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid point-of-care (POC) testing for Hepatitis C antibodies in a very high prevalence setting: persons injecting drugs in Tallinn, Estonia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Between December 2018 and January of 2019, we evaluated the accuracy of the point-of-care Hepatitis C (HCV) antibody test (POC; OraQuick HCV) used at a community-based needle and syringe exchange program serving persons who inject drugs in ...
Anneli Uusküla, Ave Talu, Jürgen Rannap, David M. Barnes, Don Des Jarlais   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“They’re Just Watching You All the Time”: The Surveillance Web of Prison Needle Exchange

Surveillance & Society, 2023
In 2018, the federal prison authority in Canada began implementing Prison Needle Exchange Programs (PNEPs) at select institutions. Despite longstanding and successful models of prison-based syringe distribution internationally, Canada’s correctional ...
L. Michaud, Emily van der Meulen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors associated with drug-related harms related to policing in Tijuana, Mexico

Harm Reduction Journal, 2011
Objective To assess factors associated with drug-related harms related to policing among injection drug users (IDUs) in Tijuana, Mexico. Methods IDUs who were over 18 years old and had injected drugs within the last six months were recruited via ...
Patterson Thomas L, Anderson Christy M, Lozada Remedios, Volkmann Tyson, Vera Alicia, Strathdee Steffanie A   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of drugs and hepatitis C virus in used syringes from a needle exchange in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Drug Testing and Analysis, 2023
People who inject drugs (PWID) are exposed to serious health risks such as lethal overdoses, addiction and infections. The patterns of drug use and the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection vary greatly between and even within countries.
M. Bergström, Maria E. Andersson, S. Larsson   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Moving beyond non-engagement on regulated needle-syringe exchange programs in Australian prisons

Harm Reduction Journal, 2009
Background Australia is at a fork in the road with the possibility of a needle-syringe exchange program (NSP) to be introduced at the new prison in the ACT. However, the current situation is characterised by non-engagement from major stakeholders.
Levy Michael, Mogg Daniel
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing and improving needle exchange programs: gaps and problems in the literature

Harm Reduction Journal, 2004
Based on an extensive review of the needle exchange program (NEP) literature, the author sought to identify weaknesses in NEP evaluations published to date.
Ksobiech Kate
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence, risk factors, treatment uptake and treatment outcome of hepatitis C virus in people who inject drugs at the needle and syringe program in Uppsala, Sweden

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The World Health Organization has set a goal to reach world elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030. Needle and syringe programs (NSP) for people who inject drugs (PWID) are crucial to achieve this goal.
E. Kågström, A. Lannergård, J. El Khosht, P. Lörelius, J. Månflod, S. Strömdahl   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source