scholarly journals The Impact of Needle-Exchange Programs on the Spread of HIV Among Injection Drug Users: a Simulation Study

2003 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Raboud
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Needle Exchange ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Needle Exchange Programs ◽  
The Impact

Proximity to needle exchange programs and HIV-related risk behavior among injection drug users in Harlem

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Schilling ◽  
Jorge Fontdevila ◽  
Daniel Fernando ◽  
Nabila El-Bassel ◽  
Edgar Monterroso
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Needle Exchange ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Needle Exchange Programs ◽  
Related Risk

Ethical Issues Raised by Needle Exchange Programs

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sana Loue ◽  
Peter Lurie ◽  
Linda S. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
United States Public Health ◽  
Needle Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Needle Exchange Programs

United States public health experts have long expressed concern about the prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among injection drug users (IDUs). The United States has the largest reported IDU population in the world: 1.1 to 1.5 million. Recent estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that 50 percent of incident HIV infections occur among IDUs, with additional infections occurring among their sex partners and offspring. More than 33 percent of new AIDS cases occur in IDUs, their sexual partners, and their children. Almost one half of all women diagnosed with AIDS in the United States are IDUS. Many of the remaining infected women were infected as a result of sex with a male IDU.While public health agencies, legislators, community leaders, and religious groups have engaged in vigorous debate over the merits of needle exchange programs (NEPs) as an intervention to reduce HIV transmission, the programs, some legal and some illegal, have been implemented in fifty-five cities across the country.

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