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

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
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.
K. J. Bornstein, A. E. Coye, J. E. St. Onge, H. Li, A. Muller, T. S. Bartholomew, H. E. Tookes   +6 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Low-threshold Buprenorphine Treatment in a Syringe Services Program: Program Description and Outcomes. [PDF]

J Addict Med, 2022
Objectives Low-threshold buprenorphine treatment aims to reduce barriers to evidence-based opioid use disorder treatment. We aimed to describe the treatment philosophy, practices, and outcomes of a low-threshold syringe services program (SSP)-based ...
Jakubowski A, Norton BL, Hayes BT, Gibson BE, Fitzsimmons C, Stern LS, Ramirez F, Guzman M, Spratt S, Marcus P, Fox AD.   +10 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Racialized environments and syringe services program implementation: County-level factors. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Depend
OBJECTIVE 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 (
Bluthenthal RN, Humphrey JL, Strack CN, Wenger LD, LaKosky P, Patel SV, Kral AH, Lambdin B.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Applications of research evidence during processes to acquire approvals for syringe services program implementation in rural counties in Kentucky [PDF]

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Introduction Despite decades of empirical research in the US and internationally documenting the benefits of implementing syringe services programs (SSPs), their implementation may be controversial in many jurisdictions. Better understanding how research
Sean T. Allen, Suzanne M. Grieb, Jennifer L. Glick, Rebecca Hamilton White, Tyler Puryear, Katherine C. Smith, Brian W. Weir, Susan G. Sherman   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Unmet needs and harm reduction preferences of syringe services program participants: differences by co-use of illicit opioids and methamphetamine [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background The current fourth wave of the United States opioid overdose epidemic is characterized by the co-use of opioids and stimulants, including illicit opioids and methamphetamine. The co-use of these two drugs, known as “goofballing,” is associated
Rachel Sun, Tonazzina H. Sauda, Rachel A. Hoopsick   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Women who inject drugs (WWID) face disproportionately higher risks of infectious diseases, reproductive health challenges, and gendered social and structural vulnerabilities compared to men.
Belén Hervera, Teresa A. Chueng, Joy Scheidell, Katrina Ciraldo, Sabrina Soto Sugar, Marina Plesons, Hansel E. Tookes, David P. Serota, Raymond R. Balise, Nobuyo Nakamura, Shelby Meaders, David W. Forrest, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +12 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Reflections on the Collaborative Story Analysis Method to Understand Qualitative Perspectives of Indigenous Syringe Services Program Clients [PDF]

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
Many scholars have cautioned that the use of Western research methods is problematic in studies with Indigenous communities given colonialist histories that have exploited Indigenous populations.
Alexandra K. Perron, Brenna Greenfield, Atasha Brown, Frank Johnson, Toni Napier, Jordan Stipek, Aanji'bide Community Action Board, Jennifer J. Mootz   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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

Drug Alcohol Depend, 2019
INTRODUCTION 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,
Levine H, Bartholomew TS, Rea-Wilson V, Onugha J, Arriola DJ, Cardenas G, Forrest DW, Kral AH, Metsch LR, Spencer E, Tookes H.   +10 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Understanding the public health consequences of suspending a rural syringe services program: a qualitative study of the experiences of people who inject drugs [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are evidence-based interventions that are associated with decreases in prevalence and incidence rates of HIV and viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs (PWID). SSPs are also effective conduits to deliver
Sean T. Allen, Suzanne M. Grieb, Allison O’Rourke, Ryan Yoder, Elise Planchet, Rebecca Hamilton White, Susan G. Sherman   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Weathering the Storm: Syringe Services Program Laws and Human Immunodeficiency Virus During the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2023
Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Background: Syringe services programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that provide a range of harm reduction services to persons who inject drugs. Despite their benefits, SSP laws vary
Jackson H, Dunphy C, Grist MB, Jiang X, Xu L, Guy GP, Salvant-Valentine S.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources