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The impact of a 24‐hour syringe dispensing machine on a face‐to‐face needle and syringe program and targeted primary healthcare clinic

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: Automatic syringe dispensing machines (ADM) have become an important adjunct to Australia's needle and syringe programs (NSP). However, concerns that they reduce face‐to‐face contact with health staff and other health interventions remain.
Natalia Uthurralt, Anica McGlinn, Martin O'Donnell, Paul S. Haber, Carolyn A. Day   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We're actually more of a likely ally than an unlikely ally”: relationships between syringe services programs and law enforcement

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Syringe services programs provide sterile injection supplies and a range of health services (e.g., HIV and HEP-C testing, overdose prevention education, provision of naloxone) to a hard-to-reach population, including people who use drugs ...
Carol Y. Franco, Angela E. Lee-Winn, Sara Brandspigel, Musheng L. Alishahi, Ashley Brooks-Russell   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV Services Implementation Within US Syringe Services Programs: A Qualitative Exploration. [PDF]

AIDS Patient Care STDS
Roth AM, Forman E, Akiba CF, Eger WH, Laurano R, Huffaker SL, Patel SV, Smith J, Lambdin BH, Bazzi AR.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hospital admissions among people who inject opioids following syringe services program implementation [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Abstract Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are an evidence-based harm reduction strategy that reduces dangerous sequelae of injection drug use among people who inject drugs (PWID) such as overdose.
Kasha Bornstein, Austin Coye, Joan St. Onge, Hua Li, Amanda Muller, Tyler Bartholomew, Hansel Tookes   +6 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who inject drugs accessing harm reduction services in an rural American state

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background The impact of public health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic on people who inject drugs (PWID) has varied across regions. In other countries, recent research has shown that PWID access to harm reduction services, despite rapid adaptations,
Kinna Thakarar, Michael Kohut, Rebecca Hutchinson, Rebecca Bell, Hannah E. Loeb, Debra Burris, Kathleen M. Fairfield   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

“They look at us like junkies”: influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are a medically and socially vulnerable population with a high incidence of overdose, mental illness, and infections like HIV and hepatitis C.
Brandon Muncan, Suzan M. Walters, Jerel Ezell, Danielle C. Ompad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Abstract Background Since the emergence of fentanyl in the drug market, syringe services programs (SSPs) have been at the forefront of providing life-saving tools such as naloxone and fentanyl test strips to people who use drugs (PWUD).
Nisha Beharie, Adelya Urmanche, Alex Harocopos   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

HIV and AIDS in the Russian Federation : prisons as a case study of risk environments and agency [PDF]

, 2017
This thesis explores Russian prisons as risk environments for the spread of HIV through intravenous drug use. The Russian HIV epidemic is extremely fast growing, and though exact prevalence rates are unknown, the epidemic is now considered generalized as
Severson, Jamie LeeAnn
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Intersecting substance use treatment and harm reduction services: exploring the characteristics and service needs of a community-based sample of people who use drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Substance use treatment and harm reduction services are essential components of comprehensive strategies for reducing the harms of drug use and overdose.
Noa Krawczyk, Sean T. Allen, Kristin E. Schneider, Keisha Solomon, Hridika Shah, Miles Morris, Samantha J. Harris, Susan G. Sherman, Brendan Saloner   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scoping out the literature on mobile needle and syringe programs—review of service delivery and client characteristics, operation, utilization, referrals, and impact

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Needle and syringe program (NSP) service delivery models encompass fixed sites, mobile services, vending machines, pharmacies, peer NSPs, street outreach, and inter-organizational agreements to add NSP services to other programs.
Carol Strike, Miroslav Miskovic
doaj   +1 more source