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Estimated cost of comprehensive syringe service program in the United States.

PLoS ONE, 2019
ObjectiveTo estimate the cost of establishing and operating a comprehensive syringe service program (SSP) free to clients in the United States.MethodsWe identified the major cost components of a comprehensive SSP: (one-time start-up cost, and annual ...
Eyasu H Teshale, Alice Asher, Maria V Aslam, Ryan Augustine, Eliana Duncan, Alyson Rose-Wood, John Ward, Jonathan Mermin, Kwame Owusu-Edusei, Patricia M Dietz   +9 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Pain is associated with reduced adherence to safer injection practices among people who inject opioids [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Injection opioid use is associated with fatal and non-fatal harms including accidental overdose and infectious diseases. Syringe service programs offer sterile injection equipment and safer injection training to reduce the incidence of ...
O. Trent Hall, John A. Sturgeon, Jasmin Bradley, Abigail Helm, Johnathan Rausch, Emma Kuloszewski, Megan Deaner, Carlos Malvestutto, Ashley Lipps, Afton Hassett   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Operationalizing recipient-centeredness: three facets of values-driven care in syringe services programs [PDF]

Implementation Science Communications
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) offer critical, evidence-based services for people who use drugs (PWUD), including infectious disease and overdose prevention.
Elana Forman, William H. Eger, Christopher F. Akiba, Sheila V. Patel, Shelby L. Huffaker, Jessica Smith, Barrot H. Lambdin, Alexis M. Roth, Angela R. Bazzi   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Acceptability and Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Care at Syringe Service Programs for People Who Inject Drugs in New York City. [PDF]

Subst Use Misuse, 2021
Muncan B, Jordan AE, Perlman DC, Frank D, Ompad DC, Walters SM.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

“[I]t will be like a full course meal”: healthcare worker perspectives on strategies to optimize integration of PrEP into medication for opioid use disorder and needle and syringe exchange programs for people who use drugs in Kampala, Uganda [PDF]

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into facility-based medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and community-based needle and syringe exchange (NSP) programs may optimize service provision and reduce HIV acquisition among people who
Nok Chhun, Brenda Kamusiime, Alisaati Nalumansi, Chris Collins Twesige, Grace Kakoola Nalukwago, Vicent Kasiita, Peter Mudiope, Ritah Kansiime, Timothy R. Muwonge, Peter Kyambadde, Herbert Kadama, Sara Glick, Barrot Lambdin, Renee Heffron, Andrew Mujugira, Kristin Beima-Sofie   +15 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Case Report: Reintroduction of winged infusion sets to needle syringe programs - advancing equity in harm reduction [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundIn January 2023, following a 20-year ban, the New South Wales (NSW) Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) Guidelines permitted NSPs to provide winged infusion sets (‘butterflies’) and larger-volume syringes (‘barrels’) commonly used for injecting ...
Caroline James, Vendula Belackova, Vendula Belackova, Wendy Machin, Olivia Thackeray, Louisa Jansen, Danielle Resiak, Nina Hutchinson, Ian Anderson, Nicholas Rich, Phillip Read, Phillip Read   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Use of Syringe Service Programs in Rural vs Urban Maine: A Harm-Reduction Study. [PDF]

J Maine Med Cent
Introduction: Syringe service programs (SSPs) reduce HIV and viral hepatitis transmission, as well as the prevalence of improperly disposed needles and needle stick injuries among first responders. Infections associated with injection drug use are rising
Miller LW, Murray KA, Branch ED, Thakarar K.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Implementation of Buprenorphine Services in NYC Syringe Services Programs: a qualitative process evaluation [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Abstract Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) hold promise for providing buprenorphine treatment access to people with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are reluctant to seek care elsewhere. In 2017, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) provided funding and technical assistance to nine SSPs to develop “low ...
Andrea Jakubowski, Caroline Rath, Alex Harocopos, Monique Wright, Alice Welch, Jessica Kattan, Czarina Navos Behrends, Teresa Lopez-Castro, Aaron D. Fox   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Syringe-Injectable, Self-Expandable, and Ultraconformable Magnetic Ultrathin Films

, 2019
Syringe-injectable biomaterials and medical devices are important as minimally invasive implants for diagnosis, therapy, and regenerative medicine. Free-standing polymeric nanosheets with a thickness less than 1 μm and a flexural rigidity less than 10–2 ...
Akihiro Nojiri (2348068), Michinao Hashimoto (1861465), Eiji Iwase (4089994), Kento Yamagishi (6069779)   +3 more
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Injections and Infections: Understanding Syringe Service Program Utilization in a Rural State [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Abstract Background: Increasing rates of injection drug use (IDU) associated-infections suggest significant syringe service program (SSP) underutilization. Our study objective was to assess patient knowledge, attitudes, and practices of safe injection techniques and to determine predictors of SSP utilization in a rural state.
Kinna Thakarar, Nitysari Sankar, Kimberly Murray, Frances L. Lucas, Debra Burris, Robert P. Smith   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources