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Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
Background and aims In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly.
Barrot H. Lambdin, David Kan, Alex H. Kral   +2 more
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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
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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
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Expansion of Syringe Service Programs in the United States, 2015–2018

American Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objectives. To report on the expansion of syringe service programs (SSPs) in the United States from 2015 to 2018. Methods. We obtained data from records of the Buyers’ Club of the Dave Purchase Project/North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN), including the number of US SSPs and the numbers of sterile syringes purchased by programs.
Don C, Des Jarlais, Jonathan, Feelemyer, Paul, LaKosky, Kathryn, Szymanowski, Kamyar, Arasteh   +4 more
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Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on syringe services programs in rural Kentucky

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) exacerbated risks for adverse health consequences among people who inject drugs by reducing access to sterile injection equipment, HIV testing, and syringe services programs (SSPs).
Jennifer L. Glick, Suzanne M. Grieb, Samantha J. Harris, Brian W. Weir, Katherine C. Smith, Tyler Puryear, Rebecca Hamilton White, Sean T. Allen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geo-spatial analysis of individual-level needle and syringe coverage in Melbourne, Australia.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Distance to health services is known to be negatively associated with usage and needle and syringe programs (NSPs) for people who inject drugs (PWID) are no different.
Daniel O'Keefe, Anna Wilkinson, Campbell Aitken, Paul Dietze   +3 more
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Urgent need to expand syringe services programs in South Carolina and beyond

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
AbstractOpioid related overdose deaths in the United States claimed over 100,000 thousand lives during the 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the previous period. Syringe services programs (SSPs) are an evidence-based harm reduction strategy that have been shown to be effective in reducing opioid overdose deaths and ...
Quang Pham, Marc Burrows, Alain Litwin
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Volunteer Programs & Service Learning Annual Report 2020-2021 [PDF]

, 2021
It has been an unprecedented year for the Office of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning! Although this year looked very different as we navigated safety regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the office was still busy with ongoing and new programs.
Office of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning,, Office of Sponsored Programs,   +1 more
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Volunteer Programs & Service Learning Annual Report 2019-2020 [PDF]

, 2020
It has been another extraordinary year for the Office of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning! Beyond welcoming a record-setting number of first-year students to campus, VP&SL collaborated with students, faculty and staff in all colleges across the ...
Volunteer Programs & Service Learning,
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