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Needle-Exchange Programs--statistics & numerical data

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Assessing Seasonality Of Travel Distance To Harm Reduction Service Providers Among Persons Who Inject Drugs., Sean T. Allen, Monica S. Ruiz, Amira Roess, Jeff Jones Jan 2015

Assessing Seasonality Of Travel Distance To Harm Reduction Service Providers Among Persons Who Inject Drugs., Sean T. Allen, Monica S. Ruiz, Amira Roess, Jeff Jones

Prevention and Community Health Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Prior research has examined access to syringe exchange program (SEP) services among persons who inject drugs (PWID), but no research has been conducted to evaluate variations in SEP access based on season. This is an important gap in the literature given that seasonal weather patterns and inclement weather may affect SEP service utilization. The purpose of this research is to examine differences in access to SEPs by season among PWID in the District of Columbia (DC).

FINDINGS: A geometric point distance estimation technique was applied to records from a DC SEP that operated from 1996 to 2011. We calculated …

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