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Insufficient access to harm reduction measures in prisons in 5 countries (PRIDE Europe): a shared European public health concern [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Prisoners constitute a high-risk population, particularly for infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to estimate the level of infectious risk in the prisons of five different European countries by measuring to what extent the prison ...
Brentari, Cinzia, Holm, Karina, Jauffret-Roustide, Marie, Kolind, Torsten, Lion, Caroline, M Carrieri, Patrizia, Maguet, Olivier, Michel, Laurent, Moser, Andrea, Nava, Felice, Schiltz, Julie, Stöver, Heino, Van Malderen, Sara, Vanderplasschen, Wouter, Weltzien, Nadja   +14 more
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Implementation determinants of safer smoking supplies in U.S. syringe services programs [PDF]

Implementation Science Communications
Abstract Background The prevalence of smoking opioids and other unregulated drugs has increased across the United States (U.S.) since 2000. Improved access to safer smoking supplies may reduce the health consequences of inhalation while helping to engage more people who use drugs in syringe services programs (SSPs ...
William H. Eger, Angel K. Gomez, Kirstin Kielhold, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Angela R. Bazzi   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Preferences and acceptability of law enforcement initiated referrals for people who inject drugs: a mixed methods analysis

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background Law enforcement officers (LEOs) come into frequent contact with people who inject drugs (PWID). Through service referrals, LEOs may facilitate PWID engagement in harm reduction, substance use treatment, and other health and supportive services.
Gabriella K. Olgin, Annick Bórquez, Pieter Baker, Erika Clairgue, Mario Morales, Arnulfo Bañuelos, Jaime Arredondo, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Steffanie Strathdee, Leo Beletsky, Javier A. Cepeda   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We were building the plane as we were flying it, and we somehow made it to the other end”: syringe service program staff experiences and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Syringe service programs (SSPs) provide essential harm reduction and prevention services for people who inject drugs in the USA, where SSP coverage is expanding.
Andrea Wang, Raagini Jawa, Sarah Mackin, Liz Whynott, Connor Buchholz, Ellen Childs, Angela R. Bazzi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectives of patients who inject drugs on a needle and syringe program at a large acute care hospital.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundPeople who inject drugs in North America often continue to inject while hospitalized, and are at increased risk of premature hospital discharge, unplanned readmission, and death.
Hannah L Brooks, Kelsey A Speed, Kathryn Dong, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Bernadette Bernie Pauly, Marliss Taylor, Elaine Hyshka   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of the evidence for the effectiveness of primary prevention interventions for Hepatitis C among injecting drug users [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C (HCV) prevalence is most common amongst injecting drug users where up to 98% of the population can be infected despite a low prevalence of HIV.
Tompkins, C.N.E., Wright, N.M.J.
core   +3 more sources

Injecting equipment schemes for injecting drug users : qualitative evidence review [PDF]

, 2009
This review of the qualitative literature about needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) for injecting drug users (IDUs) complements the review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
Akhionbare, Kate, Bagnall, Anne-Marie, Burrell, Kim, Cattan, Mima   +3 more
core  

2065. Increasing the HIV screening rates in Rural Syringes Service Programs

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022
Abstract Background The Kentucky Income Reinvestment Program (KIRP) is a statewide reinvestment of income generated by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which provides comprehensive early intervention services targeting those at the highest risk for HIV ...
Jana Collins, Jaime Soria, James Thacker, Greg Corby-Lee, Connie White, Tisha Johnson, Ardis Hoven, Alice C Thornton   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Plecstatin inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and invasion through cytolinker plectin

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The ruthenium‐based metallodrug plecstatin exerts its anticancer effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) primarily through selective targeting of plectin. By disrupting plectin‐mediated cytoskeletal organization, plecstatin inhibits anchorage‐dependent growth, cell polarization, and tumor cell dissemination.
Zuzana Outla, Jan Kosla, Magdalena Prechova, Lukas Frick, Patricia Bortel, Yasmin Borutzki, Andrea Bileck, Christopher Gerner, Samuel M. Meier‐Menches, Selma Osmanagic‐Myers, Martin Gregor   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility of paying people who use drugs cash to distribute naloxone within their networks

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Immediate access to naloxone is needed to prevent fatal opioid-related overdoses in the presence of fentanyl analogs saturating the opioid supply. Peer models engage impacted populations who are not accessing naloxone through standard venues,
Nikki M. Lewis, Rebecca P. Smeltzer, Trevor J. Baker, Andrea C. Sahovey, Justine Baez, Erika Hensel, Brandon Poole, Cecelia Stewart, Allyson G. Cogan, Mackenzie Bullard, Jessica L. Taylor   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source