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Provider Perceptions Of People Who Inject Drugs And Harm Reduction Approaches, Ciara Devozza
Provider Perceptions Of People Who Inject Drugs And Harm Reduction Approaches, Ciara Devozza
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects
People who use injection drugs (PWID) continue to face high rates of death and disease, further exacerbated by the ongoing opioid epidemic. Research indicates that stigma toward this population is high among health care providers, which is shown to result in poor health outcomes and ostracize these high-risk patients from treatment. In the U.S., the dominant substance treatment model is abstinence-based, despite evidence from around the world supporting use of harm reduction interventions which focus on goals to reduce the harmful impacts of drug use to individuals and communities. This quantitative study examined nurses’ attitudes toward PWID and nurses’ receptivity …
An Exploratory Study Of Syringe Exchange Program Awareness And Perceptions In Kentucky, Martha Tillson
An Exploratory Study Of Syringe Exchange Program Awareness And Perceptions In Kentucky, Martha Tillson
Oswald Research and Creativity Competition
Research has documented the myriad benefits to public and individual health provided by syringe exchange programs (SEPs), which allow persons who inject drugs access to sterile injection equipment. In 2015, Kentucky passed legislation that permitted public health departments to operate SEPs, but much remains unknown about knowledge and perceptions of the newly-implemented programs, particularly among individuals with histories of substance use. The present study therefore aimed to: 1) describe awareness of SEPs in Kentucky among participants of corrections-based substance abuse treatment programs, surveyed one year after their release into the community; 2) to determine if awareness of SEPs varies based …