ArticleThe International journal on drug policy2018
Factors associated with obtaining sterile syringes from pharmacies among persons who inject drugs in 20 US cities.
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- Correlates of Syringe Acquisition at Syringe Services Program and Pharmacies among Persons Who Inject Drugs: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance, United States, 2022.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Sterile syringe availability in Georgia pharmacies remained rare, despite policy change permitting sales.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- HOME protocol for a national online survey of people who inject drugs.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Were Needles Everywhere?: Differing Views on Syringe Waste and Disposal Associated With Needs-Based Syringe Services Programs Among Community Partners and Persons Who Inject Drugs.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- 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
- Prevalence and correlates of receptive syringe-sharing among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachia.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Observational
- Consider the Source: Associations between Syringe Sources and Risky Injection Behaviors in California's Central Valley.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
- Estimated effect of US state syringe sale policy on source of last-used injection equipment.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Association of Injection Practices and Overdose With Drug Use Typologies: A Latent Class Analysis Among People Who Inject Drugs in Baltimore, 2017.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2019Article
- Roles for Pharmacists in the "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America" Initiative.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
- State Laws Governing Syringe Services Programs and Participant Syringe Possession, 2014-2019.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncreased access to sterile syringes has been shown to reduce HIV risk among people who inject drugs (PWID). Where syringe services programs (SSPs) are limited, pharmacies are an important sterile syringe source. We assessed factors associated with using pharmacies as the primary source of syringes among PWID from 20 US cities.
methodsPWID ages ≥18 years were recruited for the 2015 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance using respondent-driven sampling. Using generalized estimating equation (GEE) models, we assessed demographic characteristics independently associated with participant-reported primary syringe source: pharmacies vs. SSPs. We calculated associations between primary syringe source and various behavioural outcomes, adjusted for participant characteristics.
resultsPWID who were <30 years old, female, white, and less frequent injectors were more likely have used pharmacies as their primary syringe source. Accessing syringes primarily from pharmacies, as compared to SSPs, was associated with receptive syringe sharing and unsafe syringe disposal; using sterile syringes, recent HIV testing and participation in an HIV behavioural intervention were negatively associated with primary pharmacy use.
conclusionsPharmacies can play an important role in comprehensive HIV prevention among PWID. Linkage to HIV interventions and syringe disposal services at pharmacies could strengthen prevention efforts for PWID who cannot access or choose not to utilize SSPs.
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