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Tipping the Balance: Why Legal Services Are Essential to Health Care for Drug Users in Ukraine [PDF]

, 2008
Examines the need to integrate legal support for drug users with harm reduction programs to effectively stem the spread of HIV/AIDS. Discusses approaches, legal problems, and recommendations for government policy and for nongovernmental ...
Carey, Corinne, Tolopilo, Andrey
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Shape‐Morphing Nanoengineered Hydrogel Ribbons as Hemostats

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a self‐assembling, shape‐morphing nanoengineered hydrogel ribbon system that rapidly forms porous aggregates in situ for efficient hemostasis in trauma and surgical applications. Abstract Rapid and effective hemorrhage control remains a major challenge in trauma and surgical care, particularly for complex or noncompressible wounds.
Ryan Davis Jr, Saptarshi Biswas, Jacob Aragon, Asaf Dana, Jasmine Sureka, Vaaridhi Ramanuja, Jeevika Thazhaiselvam, Sarah E. Miller, Taylor H. Ware, Akhilesh K. Gaharwar   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peer-delivered harm reduction and recovery support services: initial evaluation from a hybrid recovery community drop-in center and syringe exchange program

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) is often considered at odds with harm reduction strategies. More recently, harm reduction has been categorized as both a pathway to recovery and a series of services to reduce the harmful consequences
Robert D. Ashford, Brenda Curtis, Austin M. Brown   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic at Home and Abroad: Short Term Policy Options Under Consideration by the New Administration and Congress [PDF]

, 2009
Outlines options put forward by the administration and nongovernmental organizations for preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and improving access to treatment, including creating a national strategy and promoting HIV screening through Medicaid and ...

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Syringe disposal among people who inject drugs before and after the implementation of a syringe services program

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2019
Due to the increase in people who use opioids in the US, there has been a steady increase in injection drug use. Without access to safe syringe disposal locations, people who inject drugs (PWID) have few options other than improper disposal, including in public places.
Harry, Levine, Tyler S, Bartholomew, Victoria, Rea-Wilson, Jason, Onugha, David Jonathon, Arriola, Gabriel, Cardenas, David W, Forrest, Alex H, Kral, Lisa R, Metsch, Emma, Spencer, Hansel, Tookes   +10 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Bio‐Orthogonally Crosslinked Supramolecular Polymer Bottlebrush Hydrogels for Long‐Term 3D Cell Culture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fibrous benzenetrispeptide (BTP) hydrogels, fabricated via strain‐promoted azide‐alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) crosslinking, form robust, bioinert networks. These hydrogels can support 3D cell culture, where cell viability and colony growth depend on the fiber content.
Ceren C. Pihlamagi, David Pretzel, Peer Nölte, Kourosh Rezaei, Ulrich S. Schubert, Johannes C. Brendel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduction of Injection-Related Risk Behaviors After Emergency Implementation of a Syringe Services Program During an HIV Outbreak [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: To describe injection-related HIV risk behaviors preimplementation and postimplementation of an emergency syringe services program (SSP) in Scott County, Indiana, after an HIV outbreak among persons who inject drugs (PWID).
Brooks, John T., Broz, Dita, Chapman, Erika, Combs, Brittany, Duwve, Joan, Foote, Carrie, Fry, Alexandra, Hall, Patti, Patel, Monita R., Roseberry, Jeremy   +9 more
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Racialized environments and syringe services program implementation: County-level factors

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Racialized health inequities in substance use-related harms might emerge from differential access to syringe service programs (SSPs). To explore this, we examined the association between county-level racialized environments, other factors, and (1) SSP presence, and (2) per capita syringe and (3) naloxone distribution.2021 US National Survey of SSP data
Bluthenthal, Ricky N., Humphrey, Jamie L., Strack, Claire N., Wenger, Lynn D., LaKosky, Paul, Patel, Sheila V., Kral, Alex H., Lambdin, Barrot   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Cold Quad‐Modal Nanocomplex for Precise and Quantitative In Vivo Stem Cell Tracking

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Multimodal albumin–bismuth sulfide–superparamagnetic iron oxide (ABS) nanocomplexes are developed for stem cell tracking across four different imaging modalities: MRI, MPI, MSOT, and CT. Combining its flexibility with high sensitivity, this quad‐modal imaging agent enables a robust quantification of ABS‐labeled stem cells in vivo.
Ali Shakeri‐Zadeh, Chao Wang, Shreyas Kuddannaya, Saleem Yousf, Jeff W. M. Bulte   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research led by people who use drugs: centering the expertise of lived experience

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background Research collaborations between people who use drugs (PWUD) and researchers are largely underutilized, despite the long history of successful, community-led harm reduction interventions and growing health disparities experienced by PWUD.
Zach R. Salazar, Louise Vincent, Mary C. Figgatt, Michael K. Gilbert, Nabarun Dasgupta   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source