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

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 ...
Benjamin M. Nikitin, Daniel J. Bromberg, Iryna Pykalo, Roman Ivasiy, Zahedul Islam, Frederick L. Altice   +5 more
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Implementation of buprenorphine services in NYC syringe services programs: a qualitative process evaluation [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) hold promise for providing buprenorphine treatment access to people with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are reluctant to seek care elsewhere.
Andrea Jakubowski, Caroline Rath, Alex Harocopos, Monique Wright, Alice Welch, Jessica Kattan, Czarina Navos Behrends, Teresa Lopez-Castro, Aaron D. Fox   +8 more
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Availability of telehealth-based services at syringe services programs under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Introduction The expanded capacity of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the USA to integrate telehealth services was largely related to flexibility of buprenorphine prescription in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tyler S. Bartholomew, Hansel E. Tookes, Teresa A. Chueng, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Lynn D. Wenger, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin   +6 more
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Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Housing environments shape injection drug-related risks and harms and thus represent a critical implementation setting for syringe services programs (SSPs).
Koharu Loulou Chayama, Cara Ng, Taylor Fleming, Will Small, Kimberly L. Sue, Ryan McNeil   +5 more
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Urgent need to expand syringe services programs in South Carolina and beyond [PDF]

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
Opioid related overdose deaths in the United States claimed over 100,000 thousand lives during the 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the previous period.
Quang Pham, Marc Burrows, Alain Litwin
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“We're actually more of a likely ally than an unlikely ally”: relationships between syringe services programs and law enforcement [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Syringe services programs provide sterile injection supplies and a range of health services (e.g., HIV and HEP-C testing, overdose prevention education, provision of naloxone) to a hard-to-reach population, including people who use drugs ...
Carol Y. Franco, Angela E. Lee-Winn, Sara Brandspigel, Musheng L. Alishahi, Ashley Brooks-Russell   +4 more
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On-site health service delivery models at syringe services programs in the United States: Results of a national cross-sectional survey [PDF]

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
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Tribally-affiliated syringe services programs in the United States: a brief report [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Few studies have examined the implementation of syringe services programs (SSPs) that serve Indigenous people who inject drugs in the United States (US).
Sean T. Allen, Edmund Keane, Clinton Alexander, Sharon Day, Philomena Kebec, Andrea Medley, Frank Johnson, Pam Hughes, Brooklynn Barney, Melissa Walls   +9 more
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Implementation determinants of safer smoking supplies in U.S. syringe services programs [PDF]

Implementation Science Communications
Background The prevalence of smoking opioids and other unregulated drugs has increased across the United States (U.S.) since 2000. Improved access to safer smoking supplies may reduce the health consequences of inhalation while helping to engage more ...
William H. Eger, Angel K. Gomez, Kirstin Kielhold, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Angela R. Bazzi   +4 more
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Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs [PDF]

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
Background and aims In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly.
Barrot H. Lambdin, David Kan, Alex H. Kral   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources