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Preventing HIV transmission : the role of sterile needles and bleach / Jacques Normand, David Vlahov, and Lincoln E. Moses, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Needle exchange programs--United States.
- Needle exchange programs.
- Chlorine and derivatives as disinfectants.
- AIDS (Disease)--United States--Prevention.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Medical policy.
- HIV Infections--prevention & control.
- Needle-Exchange Programs.
- Disinfectants--supply & distribution.
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous--complications.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- HIV Infections--prevention & control.
- Needle-Exchange Programs.
- Disinfectants--supply & distribution.
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous--complications.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 334 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume addresses the interface of two major national problems: the epidemic of HIV-AIDS and the widespread use of illegal injection drugs. Should communities have the option of giving drug users sterile needles or bleach for cleaning needs in order to reduce the spread of HIV? Does needle distribution worsen the drug problem, as opponents of such programs argue? Do they reduce the spread of other serious diseases, such as hepatitis? Do they result in more used needles being carelessly discarded in the community? The panel takes a critical look at the available data on needle exchange and bleach distribution programs, reaches conclusions about their efficacy, and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The book includes current knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use; characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and views on those programs from diverse community groups; and a discussion of laws designed to control possession of needles, their impact on needle sharing among injection drug users, and their implications for needle exchange programs.
- Contents:
- 1. The Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS
- 2. The Epidemiology of Injection Drug Use
- 3. Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs in the United States
- 4. Community Views
- 5. The Legal Environment
- 6. The Effectiveness of Bleach as a Disinfectant of Injection Drug Equipment
- 7. The Effects of Needle Exchange Programs
- 8. Directions for Future Research
- A Description and Review of Research Projects in Three Cities
- B Professional Association Positions on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs
- C Biographical Sketches.
- Notes:
- "Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Staff, Institute of Medicine. Preventing HIV Transmission : The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach.
- ISBN:
- 9786610193004
- 9780309176217
- 0309176212
- 9781280193002
- 128019300X
- 9780309588218
- 0309588219
- 9780585022482
- 0585022488
- OCLC:
- 923260167
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