Were Needles Everywhere?: Differing Views on Syringe Waste and Disposal Associated With Needs-Based Syringe Services Programs Among Community Partners and Persons Who Inject Drugs.
Rebecca B HershowLauren Love PieczykolanNancy WorthingtonMonica AdamsRobert McDonaldSuzanne WilsonShannon McBeeShawn BalleydierKathryn G CurranPublished in: Substance use & misuse (2024)
Participants' views on whether syringe waste was associated with needs-based SSPs often aligned with their support or opposition for needs-based SSPs. These differing views resulted in challenges finding common ground to discuss SSP operations amid an HIV outbreak among PWID. SSPs might consider addressing syringe waste concerns by expanding syringe disposal efforts and implementing community engagement and stigma reduction activities.
Keyphrases
- municipal solid waste
- mental health
- healthcare
- heavy metals
- sewage sludge
- hiv testing
- hiv aids
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv positive
- quality improvement
- public health
- life cycle
- mental illness
- men who have sex with men
- social media
- risk assessment
- social support