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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
doaj   +1 more source

From the Mountaintops: What the World Can Learn from Drug Policy Change in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2010
Reviews Switzerland's drug policy of policing, prevention, treatment, and harm reduction, including low-threshold methadone programs, needle exchanges, and safe injection rooms.
Csete, Joanne
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HIV Transmission and Injection Drug Use: Lessons From the Indiana Outbreak [PDF]

, 2016
A recent outbreak of HIV infection centered in the rural town of Austin in Scott County, Indiana, was associated with widespread injection drug use and a socio-economically depressed population.
Janowicz, Diane M.
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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of existing needle and syringe programmes in preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs [PDF]

, 2019
AIM: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) compared with no NSPs on hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in the United Kingdom.
Ayres, Rachel, Guinness, Lorna, Hainey, Ingrid, Hickman, Matthew, Hope, Vivian, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Iversen, Jenny, Maher, Lisa, Platt, Lucy, Smith, Josie, Sweeney, Sedona, Vickerman, Peter, Ward, Zoe   +12 more
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Feasibility of paying people who use drugs cash to distribute naloxone within their networks

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Immediate access to naloxone is needed to prevent fatal opioid-related overdoses in the presence of fentanyl analogs saturating the opioid supply. Peer models engage impacted populations who are not accessing naloxone through standard venues,
Nikki M. Lewis, Rebecca P. Smeltzer, Trevor J. Baker, Andrea C. Sahovey, Justine Baez, Erika Hensel, Brandon Poole, Cecelia Stewart, Allyson G. Cogan, Mackenzie Bullard, Jessica L. Taylor   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peer-delivered harm reduction and recovery support services: initial evaluation from a hybrid recovery community drop-in center and syringe exchange program

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) is often considered at odds with harm reduction strategies. More recently, harm reduction has been categorized as both a pathway to recovery and a series of services to reduce the harmful consequences
Robert D. Ashford, Brenda Curtis, Austin M. Brown   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Proven HIV Prevention Strategies [PDF]

, 2009
Describes strategies that, used in combination, have proven to be effective in preventing sexual, blood-borne, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

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Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response. [PDF]

, 2019
Alexander Tsai and co-authors discuss the role of stigma in responses to the US opioid ...
Barnett, Michael L, Beletsky, Leo, Keyes, Katherine M, Kiang, Mathew V, McGinty, Emma E, Smith, Laramie R, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Tsai, Alexander C, Venkataramani, Atheendar S, Wakeman, Sarah E   +9 more
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ANCD position paper: Needle and syringe programs. [PDF]

, 2013
The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) is the principal advisory body to the Prime Minister and the Federal Government on drug and alcohol policy, and recognises the significant contribution of needle and syringe programs (NSPs) to public health.

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Correcting misconceptions about syringe service programs [PDF]

Nursing, 2019
Bridget, Paraskos, Lia, Hickinbotham, Rachel, Hill, Dan, Sheridan   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources