Qualitative case study of needle exchange programs in the Central Appalachian region of the United States.

Qualitative case study of needle exchange programs in the Central Appalachian region of the United States.

BACKGROUND:The Central Appalachian region of the United States is in the midst of a hepatitis C virus epidemic driven by injection of opioids, particularly heroin, with contaminated syringes. In response to this epidemic, several needle exchange programs (NEP) have opened to provide clean needles an...

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Main Authors: Stephen M Davis, Danielle Davidov, Alfgeir L Kristjansson, Keith Zullig, Adam Baus, Melanie Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6185728?pdf=render

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