Proceedings : Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs / Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Moses, Lincoln E.

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs.

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

Conference Name:

Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs (1993 : Baltimore, Md.)

Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Needle exchange programs--United States.

Needle exchange programs.

Intravenous drug abuse--Health aspects--United States.

Intravenous drug abuse.

AIDS (Disease)--United States--Prevention.

AIDS (Disease).

Chlorine and derivatives as disinfectants.

HIV Infections--prevention & control.

Needle-Exchange Programs--organization & administration.

Disinfectants--supply & distribution.

Medical Subjects:

HIV Infections--prevention & control.

Needle-Exchange Programs--organization & administration.

Disinfectants--supply & distribution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reports on research on and experience with needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and their effects on rates of drug use, the behavior of injection drug users, and the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases among injection drug users. It discusses U.S. needle exchange data, international evaluations of needle exchange programs, legal issues and drug paraphernalia laws, evaluation methods, and bleach distribution programs.

Contents:

""Proceedings Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""U.S. NEEDLE EXCHANGE DATA""; ""The University of California Needle Exchange Program Evaluation Project: Methods, Conclusions, and Recommendation ""; ""METHODS""; ""Project Personnel""; ""Goal and Research Questions""; ""Ensuring Community and Expert Input""; ""Advisory Committee""; ""Expert Reviewers""; ""Kaiser Family Foundation Forum""; ""Consent and Confidentiality""; ""Formal Review of Existing Research""; ""Assessment of Data Needs""

""Data Collection""""Data Synthesis""; ""Site Visits""; ""Identification of Sites and Interviewees""; ""Methodological Framework""; ""Training""; ""Site Observations""; ""Key Informant Interviews""; ""IDU Focus Groups""; ""Qualitative Analysis""; ""Mail Survey of NEPs Not Visited""; ""Cost-Effectiveness Modeling""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""How and Why Did NEPs Develop?""; ""How Do NEPs Operate?""; ""Do NEPs Act as Bridges to Public Health Services?""; ""How Much Does it Cost to Operate NEPs?""; ""Who Are the IDUs Who Use NEPs?""; ""What Proportion of All IDUs in a Community Uses the NEP?""

""What Are the Community Responses to NEPs?""""Do NEPs Result in Changes in Community Levels of Drug Use?""; ""Do NEPs Affect the Number of Discarded Syringes?""; ""Do NEPs Affect Rates of HIV Drug and/or Sex Risk Behaviors?""; ""What is the Role of Studies of Syringes in Injection Drug Use Research?""; ""Do NEPs Affect Rates of Diseases Related to Injection Drug Use Other than HIV?""; ""Do NEPs Affect HIV Infection Rates?""; ""Are NEPs Cost-effective in Preventing HIV Infection?""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Recommendations for the Federal Government""; ""Recommendations for State Governments""

""Recommendations for Researchers""""APPENDIX""; ""Research Questions""; ""References""; ""Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus in Users of the Tacoma Syringe Exchange Program""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""METHODS""; ""The Intervention""; ""Studies of Risk Behavior in Local IDUs""; ""Surveillance of Blood-Borne Viral Infections""; ""Case-Control Study of Incident HBV Infections""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSIONS""; ""References""; ""Behavioral and Community Impact of the Portland Syringe Exchange Program""; ""PROGRAM OVERVIEW""; ""METHODS""; ""RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""

""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""""Reference""; ""New York City Syringe Exchange: An Overview""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW OF EVALUATION""; ""METHODS""; ""Ethnographic Study""; ""Behavioral Change and Seroconversion""; ""Seroprevalence and Seroincidence""; ""RESULTS""; ""Organizational-System Issues""; ""Health Departments""; ""The American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR)""; ""Syringe Exchange Programs""; ""Evaluation""; ""PROBLEM SOLVING""; ""Subject Characteristics""; ""Self-Reported Change in Risk-Taking Behavior""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""References""

""Discussion: U.S. Needle Exchange Data""

Notes:

Project was sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Workshop was held on September 27-28, 1993 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Panel chairman: Lincoln Moses.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Staff, National Research Council. Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs Proceedings.

ISBN:

9786610193486

9781280193484

1280193484

9780309593144

030959314X

9780585053134

0585053138

OCLC:

923273498