ArticleJournal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Comparison of injection drug users accessing syringes from pharmacies, syringe exchange programs, and other syringe sources to inform targeted HIV prevention and intervention strategies.
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- Safety in solitude? Competing risks and drivers of solitary drug use among women who inject drugs and implications for overdose detection.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- HCV serostatus and injection sharing practices among those who obtain syringes from pharmacies and directly and indirectly from syringe services programs in rural New England.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2023Article
- Broadening access to naloxone: Community predictors of standing order naloxone distribution in Massachusetts.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Attitudes toward pharmacy-based HCV/HIV testing among people who use drugs in rural Kentucky.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2022Article
- Behavioural Risk for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Infections among a Population of Drug Users and Injectors across Four Regions in Ghana.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Estimated effect of US state syringe sale policy on source of last-used injection equipment.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Factors associated with obtaining sterile syringes from pharmacies among persons who inject drugs in 20 US cities.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Effect of legal status of pharmacy syringe sales on syringe purchases by persons who inject drugs in San Francisco and San Diego, CA.The International journal on drug policy · 2015Article
- Using Pharmacies in a Structural Intervention to Distribute Low Dead Space Syringes to Reduce HIV and HCV Transmission in People Who Inject Drugs.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Drug-related deaths and the sales of needles through pharmacies.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Article
- Internalized stigma and sterile syringe use among people who inject drugs in New York City, 2010-2012.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2014Article
- The prevalence and characteristics of dual PharmD/MPH programs offered at US colleges and schools of pharmacy.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2013Article
- Differences in HIV risk behavior of injection drug users in New York City by health care setting.AIDS care · 2013Article
- Syringe acquisition experiences and attitudes among injection drug users undergoing short-term opioid detoxification in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2012Article
- Needle exchange and the geography of survival in the South Bronx.The International journal on drug policy · 2012Article
- Pharmacists and harm reduction: A review of current practices and attitudes.Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC · 2012Article
- Correlates of risky injection practices among past-year injection drug users among the US general population.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe injection drug users (IDUs) who access syringes through different outlets to help inform the prevention needs of IDUs who underuse safe syringe sources in New York City (NYC), where syringe availability is high compared with other U.S. cities.
designCross sectional.
settingNYC, 2005-2007.
participants285 IDUs.
interventionParticipants were recruited using random street-intercept sampling in 36 socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
main outcome measuresIDUs using syringe exchange programs (SEPs), pharmacies, or other outlets as a primary syringe source were compared based on sociodemographic characteristics, injection practices, and medical service use.
resultsChi-square tests and polytomous logistic regression were used to compare IDUs with different self-reported primary syringe sources used in the 6 months preceding study entry. Compared with IDUs using other syringe sources, those primarily using SEPs were less likely to be black (adjusted odds ratio 0.26 [95% CI 0.11-0.57]), more likely to inject daily (3.32 [1.58-6.98]), and more likely to inject with a new syringe (2.68 [1.30-5.54]). Compared with IDUs using other syringe sources, those primarily using pharmacies were less likely to be black (0.39 [0.17-0.90]).
conclusionThese data suggest that pharmacies and SEPs may be reaching different populations of IDUs and highlight a subpopulation of highly marginalized IDUs (i.e., black race, infrequent injectors) who are underusing safe syringe sources in NYC. Targeted interventions are needed to reduce racial disparities and increase use of safe syringe outlets.
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