Drug-related arrest rates and spatial access to syringe exchange programs in New York City health districts: Combined effects on the risk of injection-related infections among injectors

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10502666	Health & Place	2012	11 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Areas with more spatial access to syringe exchange programs have more drug arrests. âº Drug-related arrests damage SEPs' protective effects on injectors' HIV risk. âº Enforcement efforts targeting drug users should be scaled back in areas around SEPs.

Keywords

Injection drug use Syringe exchange programs HIV Harm reduction

Related Topics

Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Public Health and Health Policy

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Drug-related arrest rates and spatial access to syringe exchange programs in New York City health districts: Combined effects on the risk of injection-related infections among injectors

Authors

Hannah LF. Cooper, Don C. Des Jarlais, Barbara Tempalski, Brian H. Bossak, Zev Ross, Samuel R. Friedman,