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Prisons and Drugs: A global review of incarceration, drug use and drug services. Report 12 [PDF]

, 2007
Prisons play an important role in drug policy. They are used to punish people who break drug laws and they also hold a large number of people who have experience of drug use and drug problems.
Brentari, C., Dolan, K., Khoei, E.M., Stevens, Alex   +3 more
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Comprehensive User Engagement Sites (CUES) in Philadelphia: A Constructive Proposal [PDF]

, 2018
This paper is a study about Philadelphia’s comprehensive user engagement sites (CUESs) as the authors address and examine issues related to the upcoming implementation of a CUES while seeking solutions for its disputed questions and plans. Beginning with
Clark, Peter, Cooney, Kevin, DiMeglio, M., Dubensky, J., Gulati, S., Lathrop, S., Lee, Marvin J. H., Minupuri, A., Nguyen, Olivia, Patel, P., Schadt, Sam A., Umapathy, S., Zheng, S.   +12 more
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Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Injection site infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) have been associated with serious morbidity and health service costs in North America.
Hickman, Matthew, Hope, Vivian, Kimber, Jo, Ncube, Fortune, Vickerman, Peter   +4 more
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Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Women who inject drugs (WWID) face disproportionately higher risks of infectious diseases, reproductive health challenges, and gendered social and structural vulnerabilities compared to men.
Belén Hervera, Teresa A. Chueng, Joy Scheidell, Katrina Ciraldo, Sabrina Soto Sugar, Marina Plesons, Hansel E. Tookes, David P. Serota, Raymond R. Balise, Nobuyo Nakamura, Shelby Meaders, David W. Forrest, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing injecting drug use in Asia and Eastern Europe. [PDF]

, 2013
While the global HIV incidence dropped about 20% in the past 10 years, HIV incidences among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Asia and Europe continue to increase and to account for high proportions of new HIV infections among PWID globally.
Detels, Roger, Shi, Cynthia X, Wu, Zunyou   +2 more
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Perspectives of patients who inject drugs on a needle and syringe program at a large acute care hospital.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundPeople who inject drugs in North America often continue to inject while hospitalized, and are at increased risk of premature hospital discharge, unplanned readmission, and death.
Hannah L Brooks, Kelsey A Speed, Kathryn Dong, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Bernadette Bernie Pauly, Marliss Taylor, Elaine Hyshka   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harassment and Displacement in the Mission: Community Experiences Survey [PDF]

, 2014
In partnership with Mission district service providers, the Coalition on Homelessness conducted a survey about experiences of harassment and criminalization in the Mission.

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The Public Health Impact of Needle Exchange Programs in the United States and Abroad: Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations [PDF]

, 1993
The goal of the project was: "To assess the public health impact of needle exchange programs." Fourteen research questions were identified; Chapters 5 through 18 of Volume I of the report each address one of these research questions.
Arthur L. Reingold, Peter Lurie
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Funding and Delivery of Syringe Services Programs in the United States, 2022

American Journal of Public Health
Objectives. To describe the current financial health of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the United States and to assess the predictors of SSP budget levels and associations with delivery of public health interventions. Methods. We surveyed all known SSPs operating in the United States from February to June 2022 (n = 456), of which 68% responded ...
Shelley N. Facente, Jamie L. Humphrey, Christopher Akiba, Sheila V. Patel, Lynn D. Wenger, Hansel Tookes, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Paul LaKosky, Stephanie Prohaska, Terry Morris, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin   +11 more
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Harm reduction self-efficacy and motivations for contactless supply access among a sample of syringe services program participants

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Contactless harm reduction supply methods (e.g., vending machines, mail order, mobile delivery) have become prevalent in the United States.
Rachel A. Hoopsick, Benjamin M. Campbell, R. Andrew Yockey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source