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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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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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Strengthening implementation of syringe services programs in Florida: insights from a statewide survey and social network analysis [PDF]

Implementation Science Communications
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are an evidence-based intervention for preventing infectious diseases and reducing the risk of overdose.
Marina Plesons, Shelby Meaders, Britt DeVries, Megan E. Murphy, Tim Santamour, Hansel E. Tookes, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +6 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
doaj   +2 more sources

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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Operationalizing recipient-centeredness: three facets of values-driven care in syringe services programs [PDF]

Implementation Science Communications
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) offer critical, evidence-based services for people who use drugs (PWUD), including infectious disease and overdose prevention.
Elana Forman, William H. Eger, Christopher F. Akiba, Sheila V. Patel, Shelby L. Huffaker, Jessica Smith, Barrot H. Lambdin, Alexis M. Roth, Angela R. Bazzi   +8 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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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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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
doaj   +2 more sources