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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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Drug checking services: barriers and facilitators to implementation by U.S. syringe services programs [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) provide evidence-based services to prevent the spread of disease and reduce overdose mortality among people who use drugs.
Jessica Smith, Sarah Margaret Philbrick, Christopher F. Akiba, Lynn D. Wenger, Sara Hairgrove, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin, Sheila V. Patel   +7 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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HIV Services Implementation Within US Syringe Services Programs: A Qualitative Exploration [PDF]

AIDS Patient Care and STDs
The recent rise in HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in the United States highlights an urgent need to improve HIV testing, treatment linkage, and pre-exposure prophylaxis access in this group. Syringe services programs (SSPs) play a critical role by offering or linking clients to these services, yet little is known about how such care is ...
Angela R Bazzi, Alexis Roth, Barrot Lambdin   +2 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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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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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
doaj   +5 more sources

Association of safer smoking supply distribution with participant encounters and naloxone distribution from syringe services programs: Findings from the National Survey of Syringe Services Programs in the United States [PDF]

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: In response to the recent and growing shift from injecting heroin to smoking fentanyl, an increasing number of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the United States are distributing safer smoking supplies.
Esther O. Chung, Sheila V. Patel, Lynn D. Wenger, Jamie L. Humphrey, Amang Sukasih, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Hansel E. Tookes, Don C. Des Jarlais, Sara N. Glick, Paul A. LaKosky, Stephanie Prohaska, Laura Guzman, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin   +13 more
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Financial barriers, facilitators, and strategies among syringe services programs in the U.S., and their impact on implementation and health outcomes [PDF]

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) provide evidence-based services like drug use equipment to prevent infectious disease, overdose prevention education, and naloxone distribution to people who use drugs (PWUD).
Christopher F. Akiba, Jessica Smith, Lynn D. Wenger, Terry Morris, Sheila V. Patel, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Hansel E. Tookes, Paul LaKosky, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin   +9 more
doaj   +4 more sources