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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 ...
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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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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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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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, Hansel Tookes, Sheila V Patel   +2 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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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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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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COVID-19 Vaccination and Communicable Disease Testing Services’ Integration Within a Syringe Services Program: A Program Brief

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 2022
Abstract People who inject drugs often have a higher prevalence of risk factors associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and associated morbidity and mortality, compounded by challenges in health care access. This increased vulnerability underscores the critical need to prioritize people who inject drug in ongoing COVID ...
Omeid Heidari, Diane Meyer, Katie J. O'Conor, Victoria Cargill, Michelle Patch, Jason E. Farley   +5 more
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Distributive Syringe Sharing and Use of Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) Among Persons Who Inject Drugs

AIDS and Behavior, 2019
Monitoring distributive syringe sharing (DSS) and syringe services program (SSP) use among persons who inject drugs (PWID) is important for HIV prevention. PWID aged ≥ 18 in 20 US cities were recruited for National HIV Behavioral Surveillance in 2015 using respondent-driven sampling, interviewed and offered HIV testing.
Monica Adams, Qian An, Dita Broz, Janet Burnett, Cyprian Wejnert, Gabriela Paz-Bailey   +5 more
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Syringe Services Programs to Reduce Intravenous Disease Transmission in Substance Use Disorders

Nursing Clinics of North America, 2023
Syringe services programs (SSPs) are evidence-based programs. SSPs are integral in preventing bloodborne diseases while increasing access to care and reducing drug overdose deaths. SSPs are often the only source of health care for people who use drugs.
Roberts, Heather H., Stone, Misty, Isac, Amanda J.   +2 more
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