ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2016
Influence of Peer-Based Needle Exchange Programs on Mental Health Status in People Who Inject Drugs: A Nationwide New Zealand Study.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06843213 (Teaching Health Promotion and Resilience in Varied Environments), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Teaching Health Promotion and Resilience in Varied Environments: a Peer-led Intervention Following Hospital Discharge
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Pooled it
- Peer-assisted telemedicine hepatitis-C treatment for people who use drugs in rural communities: a mixed methods study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Trial
- The impact of COVID-19 on people who inject drugs in New York City: increased risk and decreased access to services.Harm reduction journal · 2021Trial
- Recovery support services as part of the continuum of care for alcohol or drug use disorders.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- "To not feel fake, it can't be fake": co-creation of a harm reduction, peer-delivered, health-system intervention for people who use drugs.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Characteristics and Risk of Adverse Mental Health Events Amongst Users of the National Overdose Response Service (NORS) Telephone Hotline.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2025Article
- Scales for participant Alliance with Recovery Coach (SPARC): initial development and pilot test.Addiction research & theory · 2024Article
- Accessing needle exchange services in disasters for remote areas of Aotearoa New Zealand.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Healthcare stigma and HIV risk among rural people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- "Running myself ragged": stressors faced by peer workers in overdose response settings.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Reducing harm and promoting recovery through community-based mutual aid: Characterizing those who engage in a hybrid peer recovery community organization.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Barriers and facilitators of hepatitis C treatment uptake among people who inject drugs enrolled in opioid treatment programs in Baltimore.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Article
- 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 · 2018Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Alleviating the personal and social burden associated with substance use disorders requires the implementation of a comprehensive strategy, including outreach, education, community interventions, psychiatric treatment, and access to needle exchange programs (NEP), where peer support may be available. Given that substantial research underscores the potential benefits of peer support in psychiatric interventions, we aimed to conduct a national survey to examine key domains of mental health status in people who inject drugs (PWID) in New Zealand. PWID were recruited from 24 pharmacies and 16 dedicated peer-based needle exchanges (PBNEs) across the country. We focused on two mental health outcomes: (1) affective dysregulation, across the three emotional domains of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, due to its role in the maintenance of continued drug use, and (2) positive cognition and effective health- and drug-related information exchange with the provider, using the Satisfaction with Life Scale and an
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