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Effectively engaging faith-based leaders on syringe services programs: U.S. pastors’ knowledge, perceptions, and questions [PDF]

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Objective To identify faith-based leaders’ (FBLs’) knowledge, perceptions, and questions about syringe services programs (SSPs). Methods We conducted a one-time, national online survey of 461 Christian FBLs August–September 2022.
Betsy Smither, Philip M. Reeves, Jennifer Reynolds   +2 more
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HIV Services Implementation Within US Syringe Services Programs: A Qualitative Exploration. [PDF]

AIDS Patient Care 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 ...
Roth AM, Forman E, Akiba CF, Eger WH, Laurano R, Huffaker SL, Patel SV, Smith J, Lambdin BH, Bazzi AR.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Making the Case for Syringe Services Programs. [PDF]

Public Health Rep, 2020
Adams JM.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Harm reduction and health services provided by syringe services programs in 2019 and subsequent impact of COVID-19 on services in 2020. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Depend, 2022
Behrends CN, Lu X, Corry GJ, LaKosky P, Prohaska SM, Glick SN, Kapadia SN, Perlman DC, Schackman BR, Des Jarlais DC.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Implementation Gaps in US Syringe Services Programs, 2022.

JAMA Netw Open
This cross-sectional study examines implementation gaps in syringe service programs by US Census division, urbanicity, and level of need.
Humphrey JL, Strack CN, Patel SV, Saunders ME, Wenger LD, Bluthenthal RN, LaKosky P, Prohaska S, Kral AH, Lambdin BH.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Prevalence of xylazine among people who inject drugs seeking medical care at a syringe services program clinic: Miami, Florida, 2023

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023
Background: We aimed to report the preliminary xylazine prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) treated at a student-run free clinic in Miami, FL, USA and to identify characteristics associated with screening positive for xylazine.
Maia H. Hauschild, Peyton V. Warp, Hansel E. Tookes, Ella Yakir, Bharat Malhotra, Subul Malik, Cyrus Owens, Edward Suarez, Jr, David P. Serota, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 vaccine implementation at a syringe services program: experiences of frontline staff

BMC Health Services Research
Background While people with substance use disorders, including people who inject drugs (PWID), experience increased risk for COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes, COVID-19 vaccination rates among PWID are consistently lower than those observed in the
Marina Plesons, Sabrina E. Soto Sugar, Rutendo Chimbaru, Giuliano McDonald, Lily Friedman, Ernest Thompson, Angela R. Bazzi, Hansel E. Tookes, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

“We're actually more of a likely ally than an unlikely ally”: relationships between syringe services programs and law enforcement

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
doaj   +1 more source

Is your syringe services program cost-saving to society? A methodological case study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background While there is a general acceptance among public health officials and policy-makers that syringe services programs can be effective in reducing HIV transmission among persons who inject drugs, local syringe services programs are often asked to
Don C. Des Jarlais, Jonathan Feelemyer, Courtney McKnight, Kelly Knudtson, Sara N. Glick   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injections and Infections: Understanding Syringe Service Program Utilization in a Rural State [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Abstract Background: Increasing rates of injection drug use (IDU) associated-infections suggest significant syringe service program (SSP) underutilization. Our study objective was to assess patient knowledge, attitudes, and practices of safe injection techniques and to determine predictors of SSP utilization in a rural state.
Kinna Thakarar, Nitysari Sankar, Kimberly Murray, Frances L. Lucas, Debra Burris, Robert P. Smith   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources