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Harm reduction in the USA: the research perspective and an archive to David Purchase

Harm Reduction Journal, 2017
The history of harm reduction in the USA has led to the development of some of the most important methods for treating persons for drug use disorders, such as methadone and buprenorphine for opiate use disorder.
Don C. Des Jarlais
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Department of Health and Human Services implementation guidance for syringe services programs July 2010 [PDF]

The purpose of this document is to provide implementation guidance for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs interested in implementing syringe services programs (SSPs) for injection drug users (IDUs) with Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 ...

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Comparing harm reduction and overdose response services between community-based and public health department syringe service programmes using a national cross-sectional surveyResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Summary: Background: Syringe services programmes (SSPs) are an evidence-based strategy to reduce infectious diseases and deliver overdose prevention interventions for people who use drugs.
Bradley R. Ray, Jamie L. Humphrey, Sheila V. Patel, Christopher F. Akiba, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Hansel Tookes, Paul A. LaKosky, Lynn D. Wenger, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin   +9 more
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Interim guidance for syringe services programs [PDF]

Syringe services programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that can provide a range of services, including access to and disposal of sterile syringes and injection equipment, vaccination, testing for infectious diseases such as viral ...

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Leveraging Informal Qualitative Data Collection and Use at Syringe Services Programs [PDF]

, 2023
This document provides a brief overview of some informal approaches to qualitative data collection and analysis. Specifically, this document focuses on suggestions for how to create potential systems for informal qualitative data collection and analysis ...
Kelly Knudtson, Adam Palayew, Brittany N. Price, Bayla Ostrach, Don Des Jarlais, Katelyn Benhoff, Sara Deutsch, Arianna Means, Elise Healy, Lesly-Marie Buer, Courtney McKnight, Sara Glick   +11 more
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Centers for Disease \ua0Control and Prevention (CDC) Program Guidance for Implementing Certain Components of Syringe Services Programs, 2016 [PDF]

The purpose of this document \ua0is to provide implementation \ua0guidance for programs \ua0directly funded \ua0by CDC interested \ua0in implementing \ua0new or expanding existing\ua0syringe services programs (SSPs) for persons who inject \ua0drugs ...

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Large decrease in syringe distribution following the introduction of fentanyl in King County, Washington

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: Syringe services programs (SSPs) serve as key platforms to deliver harm reduction services to people who use drugs (PWUD). Changes in drug supply and drug consumption behaviors, particularly the increasing use of fentanyl through non ...
Sara N. Glick, Joe Tinsley, Laura Pritchard Wirkman, Apoorva Mallya, Peter Cleary, Matthew R. Golden, Thomas Fitzpatrick   +6 more
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Harmonizing disease prevention and police practice in the implementation of HIV prevention programs: Up-stream strategies from Wilmington, Delaware

Harm Reduction Journal, 2012
Introduction Improving access to sterile injection equipment is a key component in community-based infectious disease prevention. Implementation of syringe access programs has sometimes been complicated by community opposition and police interference ...
Silverman Basha, Davis Corey S, Graff Julia, Bhatti Umbreen, Santos Melissa, Beletsky Leo   +5 more
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What are Syringe Services Programs (SSPs)? [PDF]

Syringe Services Programs, often called SSPs, are community-based prevention programs. SSPs provide a range of health services, and they provide a lifeline to those struggling with substance abuse.

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Selling Syringes to injecting drug users: A study of five pharmacies in Hanoi, Vietnam

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008
Background: HIV continues to spread rapidly throughout Vietnam with injection drug use remaining the main risk factor for infection. The extent of pharmacy-based needle and syringe distribution has not previously been measured in Vietnam; this article ...
Christopher A. Pankonin,1 Peter Higgs,2 Gary Reid,2 Campbell Aitken.3
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