Service Utilization among Persons Who Inject Drugs Attending a Syringe Exchange Program in New York State.

Erika Teresa Beidelman Maria A Parker Roger S Zoh Arthur H Owora

Published in: Substance use & misuse (2023)

Overall, PWID clients had a low prevalence of in-house service use particularly those who live alone. However, higher service utilization was observed among more vulnerable populations (i.e., non-White and LGBT). Future research is needed to profile services used outside of the SEP.

Keyphrases

mental health
healthcare
primary care
risk factors
quality improvement
current status
tertiary care
hiv infected
hiv testing
men who have sex with men
antiretroviral therapy