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Emergency Room Utilization and Methamphetamine Overdose Symptoms Among Syringe Services Program Participants in Washington State

Substance Use & Misuse
Background Methamphetamine overdose can cause severe psychological and physical health issues including psychosis, heart attack, and death. People who use methamphetamine (PWUM) who experience methamphetamine overdose symptoms (MOS) are advised to seek ...
Noah Frank, Caleb J. Banta-Green, Brandon L. Guthrie, S. Kingston, J. Tinsley, Lauren K. Whiteside, Sara N. Glick   +6 more
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Engaging an Unstably Housed Population with Low-Barrier Buprenorphine Treatment at a Syringe Services Program: Lessons Learned from Seattle, Washington

Substance Abuse, 2019
Background: Clinic-imposed barriers can impede access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). We evaluated a low-barrier buprenorphine program that is co-located with a syringe services program (SSP) in Seattle, Washington, USA.
J. Hood, C. Banta-Green, J. Duchin, J. Breuner, W. Dell, B. Finegood, S. Glick, Malin Hamblin, Shayla Holcomb, Darla Mosse, Thea Oliphant-Wells, M. M. Shim   +11 more
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Evaluation of fentanyl test strip distribution in two Mid-Atlantic syringe services programs

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021
Fentanyl test strip (FTS) programs are designed to promote fentanyl awareness and reduce overdose risk by providing people who use drugs (PWUD) with a method of testing drugs for the presence of fentanyl prior to use. In 2018, two large syringe services programs (SSP) in the U.S.
Ju Nyeong, Park, Sari, Frankel, Miles, Morris, Olivia, Dieni, Lynn, Fahey-Morrison, Martin, Luta, Derrick, Hunt, Jeffery, Long, Susan G, Sherman   +8 more
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Role of Service Providers of Needle Syringe Program in Preventing HIV/AIDS

AIDS Education and Prevention, 2010
To provide a national-scale picture of the needle exchange program in Taiwan, this study examined (a) needle and syringe program (NSP) service providers' AIDS-relevant harm reduction knowledge and attitudes; and (b) NSP services schemes and operation barriers encountered by different service modalities.
Tzu-I, Tsai, Donald E, Morisky, Yi-Ming A, Chen   +2 more
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Lessons Learned Implementing Syringe Services Programs at Rural Health Departments in Kentucky

AIDS and Behavior
Until recently, most syringe services programs (SSPs) in the United States operated in metropolitan areas. This study explores how SSP implementers at rural health departments in Kentucky secured support for SSP operations. In late 2020, we conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 18 people involved with rural SSP implementation in Kentucky.
Sean T. Allen, Molly Reid, Samantha J. Harris, Catherine Tomko, Jennifer L. Glick, Brian W. Weir, Katherine C. Smith, Suzanne M. Grieb   +7 more
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Strengthening Syringe Services Programs (CDC)

Federal Grants & Contracts, 2022
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Early Disruptions to Syringe Services Programs in Ukraine

2023
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CDC issues urgent call for syringe services programs

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly, 2016
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Disparities in Use of Syringe Services Programs in King County, WA

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Katheryn Salow, Sara Glick
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