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Police officer attitudes towards syringe services programming
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2019As the United States experiences a drug overdose epidemic, syringe services programs (SSPs) have been utilized to reduce rates of infectious disease and improve treatment outcomes for people who inject drugs (PWID). Police officer support of SSPs is crucial to program success.
Emily Sightes +5 more
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Syringe services programs and real-world research: An overview for pharmacists
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2020To review key arguments supporting and criticizing syringe services programs (SSPs).Peer-reviewed literature and publicly available documents.Pharmacy organizations-including the American Pharmacists Association and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-have stated that pharmacists should support programs that supply sterile injection ...
Ronald Ron, Carico +4 more
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Syringe Services Programs to Reduce Intravenous Disease Transmission in Substance Use Disorders
Nursing Clinics of North America, 2023Syringe services programs (SSPs) are evidence-based programs. SSPs are integral in preventing bloodborne diseases while increasing access to care and reducing drug overdose deaths. SSPs are often the only source of health care for people who use drugs.
Roberts, Heather H. +2 more
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Client characteristics associated with desire for additional services at syringe exchange programs
Journal of Substance Use, 2021The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between client characteristics and desired services offered at syringe exchange program (SEP) sites among women who inject drugs (WWID). We investigated whether a desire for additional services varied as a function of these client characteristics.A sample of 69 women who were syringe exchange ...
Daschel J. Franz, Camille C. Cioffi
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The International journal on drug policy, 2021
BACKGROUND The United States (U.S.) continues to witness an unprecedented increase in opioid overdose deaths driven by precipitous growth in the supply and use of illicitly-manufactured fentanyls (IMF).
Jon E. Zibbell +6 more
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BACKGROUND The United States (U.S.) continues to witness an unprecedented increase in opioid overdose deaths driven by precipitous growth in the supply and use of illicitly-manufactured fentanyls (IMF).
Jon E. Zibbell +6 more
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Implementing best‐practice with a local syringe service program: Needs‐based syringe distribution
Public Health Nursing, 2020AbstractObjectivesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite access to sterile syringes as a key component of a comprehensive strategy aimed at limiting the spread of infectious disease among people who inject drugs (CDC, 2020, America’s drug overdose epidemic: Data to action). In an effort to implement best‐practice, inform stakeholders,
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Syringe services programs: White House releases model law
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly, 2021For syringe services programs (SSPs), which are legal under federal law, to operate, there must be state laws allowing them. This month, the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released a model law for states to use to ensure that such programs are accessible, safe and effective, and save money.
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Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2021
Predictors of syringe exchange behavior are critical to informing secondary prevention measures needed to attenuate risk of blood-borne infections among persons who inject drugs (PWID).Participants included PWIDs who attended a syringe services program in New York from 2015 to 2017 (n = 1777).
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Predictors of syringe exchange behavior are critical to informing secondary prevention measures needed to attenuate risk of blood-borne infections among persons who inject drugs (PWID).Participants included PWIDs who attended a syringe services program in New York from 2015 to 2017 (n = 1777).
M. Parker +3 more
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AIDS and Behavior, 2019
Monitoring distributive syringe sharing (DSS) and syringe services program (SSP) use among persons who inject drugs (PWID) is important for HIV prevention. PWID aged ≥ 18 in 20 US cities were recruited for National HIV Behavioral Surveillance in 2015 using respondent-driven sampling, interviewed and offered HIV testing.
Monica Adams +5 more
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Monitoring distributive syringe sharing (DSS) and syringe services program (SSP) use among persons who inject drugs (PWID) is important for HIV prevention. PWID aged ≥ 18 in 20 US cities were recruited for National HIV Behavioral Surveillance in 2015 using respondent-driven sampling, interviewed and offered HIV testing.
Monica Adams +5 more
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Journal of Addictions Nursing
BACKGROUND Syringe services programs (SSPs) are evidence-based harm reduction programs for persons who inject drugs that offer sterile injection equipment and linkages to care including substance use disorder (SUD), medical, and mental health care ...
Catherine Yao +5 more
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BACKGROUND Syringe services programs (SSPs) are evidence-based harm reduction programs for persons who inject drugs that offer sterile injection equipment and linkages to care including substance use disorder (SUD), medical, and mental health care ...
Catherine Yao +5 more
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