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Syringe disposal among people who inject drugs before and after the implementation of a syringe services program

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2019
Due to the increase in people who use opioids in the US, there has been a steady increase in injection drug use. Without access to safe syringe disposal locations, people who inject drugs (PWID) have few options other than improper disposal, including in public places.
Hansel Tookes, Harry Levine, Alex H. Kral   +2 more
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State Laws Governing Syringe Services Programs and Participant Syringe Possession, 2014-2019 [PDF]

Public Health Reports, 2020
Objective Law is an important factor in the diffusion of syringe services programs (SSPs). This study measures the current status of, and 5-year change in, state laws governing SSP operations and possession of syringes by participants. Methods
Scott Burris, Joshua Waimberg
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A Syringe Service Program Within a Federal System

Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2021
Abstract Background Drug use, specifically opioid use, is a public health crisis in the United States. Harm reduction programs, including syringe service programs, show efficacy in improving individual and public health outcomes.
Rebecca D. Lynch, Donna J. Biederman, Susan Silva, Kim Demasi   +3 more
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Low-threshold Buprenorphine Treatment in a Syringe Services Program: Program Description and Outcomes

Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2021
Objectives Low-threshold buprenorphine treatment aims to reduce barriers to evidence-based opioid use disorder treatment. We aimed to describe the treatment philosophy, practices, and outcomes of a low-threshold syringe services program (SSP)-based buprenorphine program developed through an SSP-academic medical center ...
Andrea, Jakubowski, Brianna L, Norton, Benjamin T, Hayes, Brent E, Gibson, Christine, Fitzsimmons, L Synn, Stern, Franklin, Ramirez, Mercedes, Guzman, Susan, Spratt, Pia, Marcus, Aaron D, Fox   +10 more
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Correlates of disparities in syringe return ratios: A cross-sectional study of a syringe services program in New York

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2021
Predictors of syringe exchange behavior are critical to informing secondary prevention measures needed to attenuate risk of blood-borne infections among persons who inject drugs (PWID).Participants included PWIDs who attended a syringe services program in New York from 2015 to 2017 (n = 1777).
Maria A, Parker, Roger S, Zoh, Erik J, Nelson, Arthur H, Owora   +3 more
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Syringe services programs and real-world research: An overview for pharmacists

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2020
To review key arguments supporting and criticizing syringe services programs (SSPs).Peer-reviewed literature and publicly available documents.Pharmacy organizations-including the American Pharmacists Association and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-have stated that pharmacists should support programs that supply sterile injection ...
Ronald Ron, Carico, Nafeeza, Hussain, Jordan, Sheppard, C Borden, Thomas, Jeffrey, Fenerty   +4 more
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Police officer attitudes towards syringe services programming

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2019
As the United States experiences a drug overdose epidemic, syringe services programs (SSPs) have been utilized to reduce rates of infectious disease and improve treatment outcomes for people who inject drugs (PWID). Police officer support of SSPs is crucial to program success.
Emily Sightes, Bradley Ray, Staci Rising Paquet, Katie Bailey, Philip Huynh, Madison Weintraut   +5 more
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Updates on syringe coverage and service uptake among needle and syringe programs in the United States, 2019–2020

International Journal of Drug Policy
As injection drug use has increased in the US, so too has the prevalence of receptive syringe sharing. Since the 1980s, Needle and Syringe Programs (NSPs) have been an important source of clean injection equipment and disposal of used syringes. This study reports national syringe coverage and examines the impact of program attributes on organizational ...
Barrot H Lambdin, Sheila V Patel, Lynn Wenger   +2 more
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Client characteristics associated with desire for additional services at syringe exchange programs

Journal of Substance Use, 2021
The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between client characteristics and desired services offered at syringe exchange program (SEP) sites among women who inject drugs (WWID). We investigated whether a desire for additional services varied as a function of these client characteristics.A sample of 69 women who were syringe exchange ...
Daschel J. Franz, Camille C. Cioffi
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Implementing best‐practice with a local syringe service program: Needs‐based syringe distribution

Public Health Nursing, 2020
AbstractObjectivesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite access to sterile syringes as a key component of a comprehensive strategy aimed at limiting the spread of infectious disease among people who inject drugs (CDC, 2020, America’s drug overdose epidemic: Data to action). In an effort to implement best‐practice, inform stakeholders,
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