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Staff Perspectives on Implementation of Long-Acting Injectable Preexposure Prophylaxis at a Low-Barrier Syringe Services Program in Philadelphia, PA [PDF]

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Introduction Long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a promising HIV prevention tool for people who inject drugs (PWID), who face elevated HIV risk and barriers to care.
Marina Plesons MPH, Elana Forman MA, Erin C McDowell MA, Douglas Krakower MD, K Rivet Amico PhD, Allison K Groves PhD MHS, Alexis Roth PhD MPH, Tyler S Bartholomew PhD   +7 more
doaj   +2 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   +2 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   +2 more sources

Perspectives of syringe services program operators in Michigan on their relationship with substance use treatment: a qualitative study [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Substance use treatment (SUT) and harm reduction are often perceived as having distinct goals despite people who use drugs routinely having needs that encompass both services.
Molly C. Reid, Samantha J. Harris, Suzanne M. Grieb, Sabrina Gattine, Zekiye Lukco, Brandon Hool, Mary Aguirre, Fernanda Alonso Aranda, Catherine Tomko, Sara Whaley, Brendan Saloner, Sean T. Allen   +11 more
doaj   +2 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   +2 more sources

Syringe services program staff and participant perspectives on changing drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Xylazine is an increasingly common adulterant in the North American unregulated drug supply that is associated with adverse health outcomes (e.g., skin infections, overdose). However, there are significant knowledge gaps regarding how xylazine
William H. Eger, Marina Plesons, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Angela R. Bazzi, Maia H. Hauschild, Corbin C. McElrath, Cyrus Owens, David W. Forrest, Hansel E. Tookes, Erika L. Crable   +9 more
doaj   +2 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   +2 more sources

Impact of lab-based drug checking services on syringe service program engagement in Maryland, USA

Harm Reduction Journal
Purpose: The introduction of synthetic substances into the unregulated drug supply has driven a surge in overdose deaths, posing significant public health challenges in timely substance identification, engagement with people who use drugs (PWUD), and ...
Caitlin M. Berry, David Newton, Margaret Rybak, Gregory Malik Burnett, Marcela Najarro, Edward Sisco, Jasmine Lopes, Dennis Leber   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Reduction in injection risk behaviors after implementation of a syringe services program, Miami, Florida [PDF]

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2021
Hansel Tookes, Tyler Bartholomew, David W Forrest   +2 more
exaly   +2 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
Rebecca Hamilton White, Susan Sherman, Suzanne M Grieb   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources