Needle exchange programs benefit the community.

Name: Needle exchange programs benefit the community.
Creator: W B, Whitteker
Keywords: Needle-Exchange Programs, 03 medical and health sciences, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, 1. No poverty, Humans, Community Health Services, 0305 other medical science, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Home Care Services, California

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Needle exchange programs benefit the community.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Oct 1996 English Journal:Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine, volume 15 (issn: 0738-467X,

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Authors: W B, Whitteker;

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Needle exchange programs benefit the community.

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Needle exchange programs, illegal in many communities, provide HIV-prevention services to a hard-to-reach population--injection drug users (IDU). Reaching IDUs, who are among society's most at-risk members for HIV infection, protects the health of the community at large.

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Needle-Exchange Programs, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Humans, Community Health Services, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Home Care Services, California, Confidentiality

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