Effectiveness of needle and syringe Programmes in people who inject drugs – An overview of systematic reviews

Background Needle and syringe programmes (NSP) are a critical component of harm reduction interventions among people who inject drugs (PWID). Our primary objective was to summarize the evidence on the effectiveness of NSP for PWID in reducing blood-borne infection transmission and injecting risk beh...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 309 - 15
Main Authors:	Fernandes, Ricardo M, Cary, Maria, Duarte, Gonçalo, Jesus, Gonçalo, Alarcão, Joana, Torre, Carla, Costa, Suzete, Costa, João, Carneiro, António Vaz
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 11.04.2017 Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adult Bacteremia Bias Biostatistics Critical components Disease transmission Drugs Environmental Health Epidemiology Evaluation Harm Reduction Harm reduction interventions Health behavior health promotion and society Hepatitis Hepatitis B Hepatitis B - epidemiology Hepatitis B - transmission Hepatitis C Hepatitis C - epidemiology Hepatitis C - transmission Heterogeneity HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - transmission HIV/Aids-Hcv-Hbv Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infections Intervention Literature reviews Medicine Medicine & Public Health Meta-analysis Needle and syringe programmes Needle-Exchange Programs - statistics & numerical data Objectives People who inject drugs Pharmacy Prisons Prospective Studies Public Health Quality assessment Reduction Research Article Risk Risk-Taking Sepsis Statistical analysis Studies Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology Systematic review Vaccine Viruses Needle and syringe programmes HIV/Aids-Hcv-Hbv People who inject drugs Harm reduction interventions
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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