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Measuring The Impact: A Re-Aim Framework For Evaluation Of A Needle Exchange Program, Lindsay Novacek
Measuring The Impact: A Re-Aim Framework For Evaluation Of A Needle Exchange Program, Lindsay Novacek
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Background: Needle exchange programs (NEPs) have been widely documented over the past three decades as an effective and economic approach to controlling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As of July 1st, 2016, these programs have been legalized in North Carolina. Purpose: To perform stage 1 of an evaluation of a needle exchange program in North Carolina by utilizing a public health framework: the Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM). Methods: First, the RE-AIM framework was used to create a plan for a program evaluation of a local NEP. Then, the first stage of the evaluation was completed. NEP program participants …