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Implementation and first-year operating costs of an academic medical center-based syringe services program

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) remain highly effective, cost-saving interventions for the prevention of blood-borne infections among people who inject drugs.
Tyler S. Bartholomew, Hardik Patel, Kathryn McCollister, Daniel J. Feaster, Hansel E. Tookes   +4 more
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Program Director Reports of COVID-19 Lockdown-Driven Service Changes in Community-Based STI Clinics and Syringe Services Programs in the Southeastern U.S. [PDF]

AIDS Education and Prevention
Melissa Ertl, Tanja C Laschober
exaly   +2 more sources

Treatment experiences for skin and soft tissue infections among participants of syringe service programs in North Carolina

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Introduction Bacterial and fungal infections, such as skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) and infective endocarditis (IE), are increasing among people who use drugs in the United States.
Mary C. Figgatt, Zach R. Salazar, Louise Vincent, Diannee Carden-Glenn, Kelly Link, Lauren Kestner, Tyler Yates, Asher Schranz, Elizabeth Joniak-Grant, Nabarun Dasgupta   +9 more
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The syringe gap: an assessment of sterile syringe need and acquisition among syringe exchange program participants in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2009
Background Programmatic data from New York City syringe exchange programs suggest that many clients visit the programs infrequently and take few syringes per transaction, while separate survey data from individuals using these programs indicate that ...
Siegler Anne, Paone Denise, Heller Daliah I, Karpati Adam   +3 more
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Expansion of Syringe Service Programs in the United States, 2015–2018

American Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objectives. To report on the expansion of syringe service programs (SSPs) in the United States from 2015 to 2018. Methods. We obtained data from records of the Buyers’ Club of the Dave Purchase Project/North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN), including the number of US SSPs and the numbers of sterile syringes purchased by programs.
Don C, Des Jarlais, Jonathan, Feelemyer, Paul, LaKosky, Kathryn, Szymanowski, Kamyar, Arasteh   +4 more
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Double counting of clients using services in Iran: implications for assessing the reach of harm reduction programs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Many people with high-risk sexual or injection behaviors use harm reduction services with different identities and are therefore counted more than once in client databases.
Fatemeh Tavakoli, Willi Mcfarland, Nima Ghalekhani, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Marzieh Mahboobi, Ali Mohammad Hosseionpour, Ali Komasi, Mehdi Ghorbanian, Nasim Nasiri Moghadam, Maryam Taghipour, Hamid Sharifi   +12 more
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How do contextual factors influence naloxone distribution from syringe service programs in the USA: a cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Naloxone is a medication that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose. Syringe service programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that provide a range of evidence-based interventions in the USA, including naloxone distribution ...
Barrot H. Lambdin, Lynn Wenger, Ricky Bluthenthal, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Hansel E. Tookes, Paul LaKosky, Savannah O’Neill, Alex H. Kral   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shifting the paradigm: physician-authorized, student-led efforts to provide harm reduction services amidst legislative opposition

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background For over 30 years, syringe services programs (SSPs) have served as an efficacious intervention for the prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C transmission among persons who use drugs.
Timothy P. McMullen, Mahan Naeim, Carol Newark, Haden Oliphant, Jeffrey Suchard, Faried Banimahd   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimated cost of comprehensive syringe service program in the United States

PLOS ONE, 2019
To estimate the cost of establishing and operating a comprehensive syringe service program (SSP) free to clients in the United States.We identified the major cost components of a comprehensive SSP: (one-time start-up cost, and annual costs associated with personnel, operations, and prevention/medical services) and estimated the anticipated total costs (
Eyasu H. Teshale, Alice Asher, Maria V. Aslam, Ryan Augustine, Eliana Duncan, Alyson Rose-Wood, John Ward, Jonathan Mermin, Kwame Owusu-Edusei, Patricia M. Dietz   +9 more
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Factors that influence enrollment in syringe services programs in rural areas: a qualitative study among program clients in Appalachian Kentucky

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Enrolling sufficient number of people who inject drugs (PWID) into syringe services programs (SSP) is important to curtail outbreaks of drug-related harms. Still, little is known about barriers and facilitators to SSP enrollment in rural areas
Umedjon Ibragimov, Katherine E. Cooper, Evan Batty, April M. Ballard, Monica Fadanelli, Skylar B. Gross, Emma M. Klein, Scott Lockard, April M. Young, Hannah L. F. Cooper   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source