Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study

Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study

Abstract Background Housing environments shape injection drug-related risks and harms and thus represent a critical implementation setting for syringe services programs (SSPs). As critical harm reduction measures, SSPs provide safe injecting equipment to people who inject drugs (PWID). Vancouver, Ca...

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Main Authors: Koharu Loulou Chayama, Cara Ng, Taylor Fleming, Will Small, Kimberly L. Sue, Ryan McNeil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
Subjects:
Housing
Injection drug use
People who inject drugs
Syringe services programs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00862-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00862-2

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