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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
doaj   +1 more source

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

Syringe-Injectable, Self-Expandable, and Ultraconformable Magnetic Ultrathin Films

, 2019
Syringe-injectable biomaterials and medical devices are important as minimally invasive implants for diagnosis, therapy, and regenerative medicine. Free-standing polymeric nanosheets with a thickness less than 1 μm and a flexural rigidity less than 10–2 ...
Akihiro Nojiri (2348068), Michinao Hashimoto (1861465), Eiji Iwase (4089994), Kento Yamagishi (6069779)   +3 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing the Safety of People Who Inject Drugs: A Program Evaluation of a Syringe Services Program in Atlanta [PDF]

, 2021
A syringe services program (SSP) is a public health initiative designed to combat the spread of HIV and other infections among populations of people who inject drugs (PWID). These syringe exchanges adhere to a model of care called harm reduction.
Sarmento, Megan A
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Using Unique Identifiers Within Syringe Service Programs [PDF]

, 2023
Suggested citation: Supporting Harm Reduction Programs (SHaRP), University of Washington. 2022. “Using Unique Identifiers Within Syringe Services Programs." SHaRP, February 7.
Deutsch, Sarah
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Driving Time, Distance, and Cost to Access Syringe Services Programs in the US.

JAMA Netw Open
Importance Syringe services programs (SSPs) are evidence-based interventions that reduce bloodborne infections and injection-related harms among people who inject drugs, yet access remains limited and geographically uneven across the US. Objective
Joshi S, Jing M, Wheeler-Martin K, Shah P, Davis CS, DiMaggio CJ, Cerdá M.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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
openaire   +3 more sources

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

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
doaj   +1 more source