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Willingness to use syringe services programs in a Northern Midwest American Indian community [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) deliver harm reduction supplies and services to people who use drugs. Despite their well-established positive impact, few studies have focused on SSP operations in rural and Indigenous contexts.
Molly C. Reid, Kristin E. Schneider, Allison O’Rourke, Maisie A. Conrad, Pamela M. Hughes, Melissa L. Walls, Sean T. Allen   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on syringe services programs in rural Kentucky [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) exacerbated risks for adverse health consequences among people who inject drugs by reducing access to sterile injection equipment, HIV testing, and syringe services programs (SSPs).
Jennifer L. Glick, Suzanne M. Grieb, Samantha J. Harris, Brian W. Weir, Katherine C. Smith, Tyler Puryear, Rebecca Hamilton White, Sean T. Allen   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

HCV serostatus and injection sharing practices among those who obtain syringes from pharmacies and directly and indirectly from syringe services programs in rural New England [PDF]

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2023
Background Among people who inject drugs (PWID), obtaining syringes via syringe services programs (SSPs) and pharmacies reduces injection sharing practices associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Eric Romo, Abby E. Rudolph, Thomas J. Stopka, Bo Wang, Bill M. Jesdale, Peter D. Friedmann   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Making the Case for Syringe Services Programs. [PDF]

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

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

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

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2022
David Perlman, Shashi N Kapadia, Don Des Jarlais   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The Impact of COVID-19 on Syringe Services Programs in the United States. [PDF]

AIDS Behav, 2020
Glick SN, Prohaska SM, LaKosky PA, Juarez AM, Corcorran MA, Des Jarlais DC.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 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

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