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HIV risk and prevention among clients of a delivery-based harm reduction service during an HIV outbreak among people who use drugs in northern rural Minnesota, USA

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Since 2019, multiple HIV outbreaks occurred among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Minnesota. Syringe service programs (SSPs) are evidence-based programs that reduce the spread of HIV.
Adam Palayew, Kelly Knudtson, Sue Purchase, Shayna Clark, Lucia Possehl, Elise Healy, Sarah Deutsch, Courtney A. McKnight, Don Des Jarlais, Sara N. Glick   +9 more
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Houselessness and syringe service program utilization among people who inject drugs in eight rural areas across the USA: a cross-sectional analysis

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Research conducted in urban areas has highlighted the impact of housing instability on people who inject drugs (PWID), revealing that it exacerbates vulnerability to drug-related harms and impedes syringe service program (SSP) use.
April M. Ballard, Dylan Falk, Harris Greenwood, Paige Gugerty, Judith Feinberg, Peter D. Friedmann, Vivian F. Go, Wiley D. Jenkins, P. Todd Korthuis, William C. Miller, Mai T. Pho, David W. Seal, Gordon S. Smith, Thomas J. Stopka, Ryan P. Westergaard, William A. Zule, April M. Young, Hannah L. F. Cooper   +17 more
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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
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“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
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Is your syringe services program cost-saving to society? A methodological case study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background While there is a general acceptance among public health officials and policy-makers that syringe services programs can be effective in reducing HIV transmission among persons who inject drugs, local syringe services programs are often asked to
Don C. Des Jarlais, Jonathan Feelemyer, Courtney McKnight, Kelly Knudtson, Sara N. Glick   +4 more
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Syringe Service Programs: A Solution to Promoting Good Health & Well Being [PDF]

, 2020
Syringe service programs offer crucial benefits for members and promote an overall better health and well being for society. SDG-3 is designed to promote good health and well being and syringe exchange programs (SEP) is one solution to helping achieve ...
Roth, Amy
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Updates on syringe coverage and service uptake among needle and syringe programs in the United States, 2019-2020

, 2023
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.
Bluthenthal, Ricky N, Plesons, Marina D, Sugar, Sabrina E Soto, Kral, Alex H, Lambdin, Barrot H, Bartholomew, Tyler S, Wenger, Lynn D, Tookes, Hansel E, Patel, Sheila V   +8 more
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“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
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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
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Using Unique Identifiers Within Syringe Service Programs [PDF]

, 2023
Suggested citation: Supporting Harm Reduction Programs (SHaRP), University of Washington. 2022. “Using Unique Identifiers Within Syringe Services Programs." SHaRP, February 7.
Deutsch, Sarah
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