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A method for evaluating needle exchange programmes.

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Abstract

This paper details a statistical method for evaluating needle exchange programmes. The approach relies only on needle exchange operations data and the results of HIV tests conducted on needles. We develop statistical models describing the needle infection process and how needle exchange interrupts this process. The method is illustrated using 20 months of data collected in conjunction with the evaluation of New Haven, Connecticut's needle exchange programme, and the results suggest that needle-borne HIV transmission among participating clients has been reduced by at least 33 per cent.

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Year:  1994        PMID： 7846418     DOI： 10.1002/sim.4780131923

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Stat Med        ISSN： 0277-6715            Impact factor:   2.373


  10 in total

1.  Effects of increasing syringe availability on syringe-exchange use and HIV risk: Connecticut, 1990-2001.

Authors:  Robert Heimer; Scott Clair; Wei Teng; Lauretta E Grau; Kaveh Khoshnood; Merrill Singer
Journal:  J Urban Health       Date:  2002-12       Impact factor: 3.671

2.  Survival of hepatitis C virus in syringes: implication for transmission among injection drug users.

Authors:  Elijah Paintsil; Huijie He; Christopher Peters; Brett D Lindenbach; Robert Heimer
Journal:  J Infect Dis       Date:  2010-10-01       Impact factor: 5.226

3.  Community coverage and HIV prevention: assessing metrics for estimating HIV incidence through syringe exchange.

Authors:  Robert Heimer
Journal:  Int J Drug Policy       Date:  2008-01-18

Review 4.  Syringe exchange programs: lowering the transmission of syringe-borne diseases and beyond.

Authors:  R Heimer
Journal:  Public Health Rep       Date:  1998-06       Impact factor: 2.792

5.  Ecological theory to enhance infectious disease control and public health policy.

Authors:  Katherine F Smith; Andrew P Dobson; F Ellis McKenzie; Leslie A Real; David L Smith; Mark L Wilson
Journal:  Front Ecol Environ       Date:  2005-02-01       Impact factor: 11.123

6.  Secondary syringe exchange among injection drug users.

Authors:  Judith Snead; Moher Downing; Jennifer Lorvick; Barbara Garcia; Robert Thawley; Susan Kegeles; Brian R Edlin
Journal:  J Urban Health       Date:  2003-06       Impact factor: 3.671

7.  Students as effective harm reductionists and needle exchange organizers.

Authors:  Kyle Barbour; Miriam McQuade; Brandon Brown
Journal:  Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy       Date:  2017-03-17

8.  Country versus pharmaceutical company interests for hepatitis C treatment.

Authors:  Roy Lothan; Noa Gutman; Dan Yamin
Journal:  Health Care Manag Sci       Date:  2022-08-24

9.  Return Rates for Needle Exchange Programs: A Common Criticism Answered.

Authors:  Kate Ksobiech
Journal:  Harm Reduct J       Date:  2004-04-19

10.  Promoting Safe Injection Practices, Substance Use Reduction, Hepatitis C Testing, and Overdose Prevention Among Syringe Service Program Clients Using a Computer-Tailored Intervention: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Authors:  Karli R Hochstatter; Shawnika J Hull; Ajay K Sethi; Marguerite E Burns; Marlon P Mundt; Ryan P Westergaard
Journal:  J Med Internet Res       Date:  2020-09-29       Impact factor: 7.076
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