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Harmonizing disease prevention and police practice in the implementation of HIV prevention programs: Up-stream strategies from Wilmington, Delaware

Harm Reduction Journal, 2012
Introduction Improving access to sterile injection equipment is a key component in community-based infectious disease prevention. Implementation of syringe access programs has sometimes been complicated by community opposition and police interference ...
Silverman Basha, Davis Corey S, Graff Julia, Bhatti Umbreen, Santos Melissa, Beletsky Leo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early disruptions to syringe services programs during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionThe widespread HIV epidemic in Ukraine is concentrated among people who inject drugs (PWID), making access to sterile injection paraphernalia (SIP) like sterile needles and syringes a critical method of HIV/AIDS prevention; however, the Russian invasion has threatened to disrupt the operations of syringe services programs (SSPs), creating a
Benjamin M. Nikitin, Daniel J. Bromberg, Iryna Pykalo, Roman Ivasiy, Zahedul Islam, Frederick L. Altice   +5 more
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When is an abscess more than an abscess? Syringe services programs and the harm reduction safety-net: a case report

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are able to offer wrap-around services for people who inject drugs (PWID) and improve health outcomes. Case presentation A 47-year-old man screened positive for a skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) at an SSP
Marcus Castillo, Margaret E. C. Ginoza, Tyler S. Bartholomew, David W. Forrest, Cestaki Greven, David P. Serota, Hansel E. Tookes   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment experiences for skin and soft tissue infections among participants of syringe service programs in North Carolina

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Introduction Bacterial and fungal infections, such as skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) and infective endocarditis (IE), are increasing among people who use drugs in the United States.
Mary C. Figgatt, Zach R. Salazar, Louise Vincent, Diannee Carden-Glenn, Kelly Link, Lauren Kestner, Tyler Yates, Asher Schranz, Elizabeth Joniak-Grant, Nabarun Dasgupta   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Double counting of clients using services in Iran: implications for assessing the reach of harm reduction programs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Many people with high-risk sexual or injection behaviors use harm reduction services with different identities and are therefore counted more than once in client databases.
Fatemeh Tavakoli, Willi Mcfarland, Nima Ghalekhani, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Marzieh Mahboobi, Ali Mohammad Hosseionpour, Ali Komasi, Mehdi Ghorbanian, Nasim Nasiri Moghadam, Maryam Taghipour, Hamid Sharifi   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

On-site health service delivery models at syringe services programs in the United States: Results of a national cross-sectional survey

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) have many needs for health services, but frequently lack access to and/or do not utilize those services. Syringe services programs (SSPs) are low-stigma environments where health services can be provided, but ...
Czarina N. Behrends, Don C. Des Jarlais, Winston Luhur, Xinlin Lu, Grace J. Corry, Sara N. Glick, Shashi N. Kapadia, David C. Perlman, Bruce R. Schackman   +8 more
doaj   +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

Implementation Gaps in US Syringe Services Programs, 2022

JAMA Network Open
This cross-sectional study examines implementation gaps in syringe service programs by US Census division, urbanicity, and level of need.
Humphrey, Jamie L., Strack, Claire N., Patel, Sheila V., Saunders, McKinley E., Wenger, Lynn D., Bluthenthal, Ricky N., LaKosky, Paul, Prohaska, Stephanie, Kral, Alex H., Lambdin, Barrot H.   +9 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Project T-SHARP: study protocol for a multi-site randomized controlled trial of tele-harm reduction for people with HIV who inject drugs

Trials, 2023
Background The resurgence of HIV outbreaks and rising prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) remain exigent obstacles to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the USA.
Hansel E. Tookes, Asa Oxner, David P. Serota, Elizabeth Alonso, Lisa R. Metsch, Daniel J. Feaster, Jessica Ucha, Edward Suarez, David W. Forrest, Kathryn McCollister, Allan Rodriguez, Michael A. Kolber, Teresa A. Chueng, Sheryl Zayas, Bernice McCoy, Kyle Sutherland, Chetwyn Archer, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

GelMA‐based 3D spheroids recapitulate transcriptomic and functional hallmarks of myeloid sarcoma

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
GelMA 5% hydrogels support the formation of myeloid leukemia spheroids that recapitulate MS‐specific features, including G1 arrest, apoptosis, and ECM‐driven transcriptomic reprogramming. The 3D model mimicked soft‐tissue‐like stiffness and oxygen conditions, and transcriptomic convergence with primary MS samples confirmed its utility as a preclinical ...
Nicolas Germain, Elise Buret, Le Hoang Thanh Nguyen, Marion Cocheteux, Nicolas Touya, Mélanie Dhayer, Romain Dubois, Frank Lafont, Sebastien Janel, Patrice Maboudou, Steve Lancel, Philippe Marchetti   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source