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Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs for Opioid Use Disorder: A Narrative Systematic Review of Effectiveness, Implementation Barriers, and Policy Implications

ASIDE Internal Medicine
Background: This systematic review synthesizes evidence on community-based harm reduction programs and their role in addressing the opioid crisis. Methods: A narrative synthesis was conducted of 78 studies published between January 2012 and April 2023;
Eloghosa Aisosaa Nosa-Ihaza, Allan Francis Ssembuusi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Buprenorphine implementation at syringe service programs following waiver of the Ryan Haight Act in the United States. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Depend, 2022
Lambdin BH, Bluthenthal RN, Tookes HE, Wenger L, Morris T, LaKosky P, Kral AH.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Syringe exchange in the United States, 1996: a national profile.

, 1999
OBJECTIVES: This paper provides 1996 information on the status of US syringe exchange programs and compares these findings with data from our 1994 survey. METHODS: In November 1996, questionnaires were mailed to 101 syringe exchange programs.
Q Shi, J Clark, D C Des Jarlais, D Paone, D Purchase   +4 more
core   +1 more source

“No-one just does drugs during business hours!”: evaluation of a 24/7 primary needle and syringe program in St Kilda, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Primary needle and syringe programs (NSPs) have been integral for the prevention of blood-borne virus (BBV) transmission among people who inject drugs.
Shelley Walker, Michael Curtis, Amy Kirwan, Rebecca Thatcher, Paul Dietze   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Qualitative Study of Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Uptake Among Women in Substance Use Treatment and Syringe Service Programs. [PDF]

AIDS Behav, 2023
Tross S, Spector AY, Ertl MM, Berg H, Turrigiano E, Hoffman S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Multisectoral Approaches to Service Delivery and Implementation: Collaboration Among Syringe Service Programs in a Midwestern US State

Syringe service programs (SSPs) are a key strategy to stem the overdose crisis. These organizations have recently benefited from increased state investment in the US, highlighting the need for collaboration across public and nonprofit sectors in their ...
Theresa Anasti
core   +1 more source

Predictors of perceived HIV stigma among people who inject drugs in the United States

Harm Reduction Journal
Background HIV stigma is a huge impediment to ending the HIV epidemic. To develop effective HIV interventions, we must determine factors associated with HIV stigma, particularly among high-risk groups like people who inject drugs (PWID).
Itunu Sokale, Paige Wermuth, Johnny Wilkerson, Folefac Atem, Salma Khuwaja, Catherine Troisi, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Capacity for sustainment of recently established syringe service programs in Appalachian Kentucky: The central role of staff champions. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Rev, 2022
Cooper HLF, Gross S, Klein E, Fadanelli M, Ballard A, Lockard S, Batty E, Young A, Ibragimov U.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Xylazine co-occurrence with illicit fentanyl is a growing threat in the Deep South: a retrospective study of decedent data

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Xylazine is a dangerous veterinary sedative found mainly in illicit fentanyl in the Northeast and Midwest. Its role in the Deep South overdose crisis is not well-characterized.
William Bradford, Mary Figgatt, Karen S. Scott, Stacy Marshall, Ellen F. Eaton, Daniel W. Dye   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises. [PDF]

Transl Res, 2021
Wenger LD, Kral AH, Bluthenthal RN, Morris T, Ongais L, Lambdin BH.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source