A comparison of syringe disposal practices among injection drug users in a city with versus a city without needle and syringe programs

H. E. TOOKES ; A. H. KRAL ; L. D. WENGER ; G. A. CARDENAS ; A. N. MARTINEZ ; R. L. SHERMAN ; M. PEREYRA ; D. W. FORREST ; M. LALOTA ; L. R. METSCH | 2012
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.123, n°1-3, June 2012) Article : Périodique

Background: The United States (U.S.) approved use of federal funds for needle and syringe programs (NSPs) in December 2009. This study compares syringe disposal practices in a U.S. city with NSPs to a U.S. city without NSPs by examining the prev[...]

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Drug treatment on demand - Not

L. D. WENGER ; M. ROSENBAUM | 1994
Périodique

FRANÇAIS : L'accès au traitement sur demande n'est pas très aisé aux Etats-Unis. De multiples éléments y font obstacle, notamment les listes d'attente. 70 héroïnomanes ont été interrogés à ce sujet et détaillent les façons de se débrouiller pou[...]

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Interdisciplinary mixed methods research with structurally vulnerable populations: Case studies of injection drug users in San Francisco

A. M. LOPEZ ; P. BOURGOIS ; L. D. WENGER ; J. LORVICK ; A. N. MARTINEZ ; A. H. KRAL | 2013
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.24, n°2, March 2013) Article : Périodique

Research with injection drug users (IDUs) benefits from interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological innovation because drug use is illegal, socially sanctioned and often hidden. Despite the increasing visibility of interdisciplinary, mixed [...]

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Nouveauté

Moral ambivalence and the decision to initiate others into injection drug use: A qualitative study in two California cities

L. D. WENGER ; A. M. LOPEZ ; A. H. KRAL ; R. N. BLUTHENTHAL | 2016
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.37, November 2016) Article : Périodique

Background: Research has shown that people often need assistance from an established person who injects drugs (PWID) in order to initiate their own injection drug use. Yet, there is scant research on the injection initiation process from the per[...]

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Novel routes of potential hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs: Secondary blood exposures related to injection drug use

J. L. GOLDSHEAR ; K. A. SIMPSON ; A. H. KRAL ; L. D. WENGER ; R. N. BLUTHENTHAL | 2021
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.56, n°6, 2021) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: The US is in the midst of a national Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) epidemic that appears to be driven by new cases among people who inject drugs (PWID). While HCV transmission among PWID is believed to occur mostly through direct sharing o[...]

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The phenomenon of low-frequency heroin injection among street-based urban poor: Drug user strategies and contexts of use

L. D. WENGER ; A. M. LOPEZ ; M. COMFORT ; A. H. KRAL | 2014
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.25, n°3, May 2014) Article : Périodique

Background: Dominant public health and medical discourse has relied on a pharmacocentric conception of heroin use - that is, the notion that heroin users inject compulsively to stave off physical and psychological withdrawal. Previous research d[...]

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The prospect of implementing a safer injection facility in San Francisco: perspectives of community stakeholders

L. D. WENGER ; S. G. ARREOLA ; A. H. KRAL | 2011
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.22, n°3, May 2011) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Government-sanctioned Safer Injection Facilities (SIFs) have been implemented around the world to address public health and public order concerns associated with injection drug use. The goal of this study was to investigate how commu[...]

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The social context of needle exchange and user self-organization in San Francisco : possibilities and pitfalls

L. D. MOORE ; L. D. WENGER | 1995
Périodique

FRANÇAIS : L'article décrit le rôle actif que les usagers de drogues jouent en installant l'un des plus efficaces programmes d'échange de seringues aux USA : Le Point Prévention à San Francisco. Ils analysent aussi quelques uns des obstacles pe[...]

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