Proceedings Workshop On Needle Exchange And Bleach Distribution Programs

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309050845

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Proceedings--Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs Pdf

This book reports on research on and experience with needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and their effects on rates of drug use, the behavior of injection drug users, and the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases among injection drug users. It discusses U.S. needle exchange data, international evaluations of needle exchange programs, legal issues and drug paraphernalia laws, evaluation methods, and bleach distribution programs.

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995-09-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309176217

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Preventing HIV Transmission by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs Pdf

This volume addresses the interface of two major national problems: the epidemic of HIV-AIDS and the widespread use of illegal injection drugs. Should communities have the option of giving drug users sterile needles or bleach for cleaning needs in order to reduce the spread of HIV? Does needle distribution worsen the drug problem, as opponents of such programs argue? Do they reduce the spread of other serious diseases, such as hepatitis? Do they result in more used needles being carelessly discarded in the community? The panel takes a critical look at the available data on needle exchange and bleach distribution programs, reaches conclusions about their efficacy, and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The book includes current knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use; characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and views on those programs from diverse community groups; and a discussion of laws designed to control possession of needles, their impact on needle sharing among injection drug users, and their implications for needle exchange programs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : PURD:32754063631646

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Needle Exchange Programs by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : UIUC:30112033966968

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Needle Exchange Programs by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : OCLC:1017548262

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Prison Needle Exchange by Anonim Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues in AIDS Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309050937

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AIDS and Behavior by Institute of Medicine,Committee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues in AIDS Research Pdf

HIV is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude science. Preventive interventions are now our best defense against the epidemicâ€"but they require a clear understanding of the behavioral and mental health aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. AIDS and Behavior provides an update of what investigators in the biobehavioral, psychological, and social sciences have discovered recently about those aspects of the disease and offers specific recommendations for research directions and priorities. This volume candidly discusses the sexual and drug-use behaviors that promote transmission of HIV and reports on the latest efforts to monitor the epidemic in its social contexts. The committee reviews new findings on how and why risky behaviors occur and efforts to develop strategies for changing such behaviors. The volume presents findings on the disease's progression and on the psychosocial impacts of HIV and AIDS, with a view toward intervention and improved caregiving. AIDS and Behavior also evaluates the status of behavioral and prevention aspects of AIDS research at the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The volume presents background on the three institutes; their recent reorganization; their research budgets, programs, and priorities; and other important details. The committee offers specific recommendations for the institutes concerning the balance between biomedical and behavioral investigations, adequacy of administrative structures, and other research management issues. Anyone interested in the continuing quest for new knowledge on preventing HIV and AIDS will want to own this book: policymakers, researchers, research administrators, public health professionals, psychologists, AIDS advocates and service providers, faculty, and students.

Author : Margaret L. Brandeau
Publisher : Raven Press (ID)
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : UCSC:32106010485123

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Modeling the AIDS Epidemic by Margaret L. Brandeau Pdf

Emerging from the 34th Joint National Meeting of the Operations Research Society of America and The Institute of Management Sciences, held in San Francisco, November 1992, this volume presents AIDS modeling research that can directly or indirectly improve decision making for planning, resource allocation, and public health policy. The volume is divided into four sections: AIDS policy modeling; models for AIDS backcasting and forecasting; modeling infectivity and disease progression; and modeling the social organization of risky behavior. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Joseph R. Geraci,Valerie J. Lounsbury
Publisher : National Aquarium in Baltimore
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Marine mammals
ISBN : 9780977460908

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Marine Mammals Ashore by Joseph R. Geraci,Valerie J. Lounsbury Pdf

Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.

Author : E. C. Buning,E. Drucker,A. Matthews,R. Newcombe,P. A. O'Hare
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136124440

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The Reduction of Drug-Related Harm by E. C. Buning,E. Drucker,A. Matthews,R. Newcombe,P. A. O'Hare Pdf

The War on Drugs' has traditionally had total abstinence as its target. The contributors to this book take a new and challenging approach to problem drug use, arguing that abstinence is not the only solution. They believe that existing methods of treatment and control have been inadequate in controlling or improving drug problems and they propose a radical alternative: reducing the harm associated with the use of illicit drugs. International in scope, the book covers a broad range of drugs, and of social and individual problems. The spread of HIV infection, which has been described as a greater threat to individual and public health than drug misuse is also considered. The contributors give an overview of the current theories and practices that have helped to minimise the harmful effects of drugs and describe national and city-level strategies towards drug problems. They also cover the drug policies of several agencies and organisations world-wide, including police, doctors, community groups and local authorities. Concentrating on reducing drug-related harm, this in an important contribtuion to the debate on the future shape of drug control systems. It questions the role and function of existing drug laws and discusses how harm reduction will shape day-to-day work with drug users. Provocative and persuasive, it should be read by all policy-makers and practitioners faced with drugs problems, and will do much to help establish new strategies for dealing with drug use, strategies that minimise rather than exacerbate drug-related harm.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Drinking of alcoholic beverages
ISBN : PURD:32754070183391

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Promising Strategies to Reduce Substance Abuse by Anonim Pdf

Author : Reuben Granich,Jonathan Mermin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0804733503

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HIV, Health, and Your Community by Reuben Granich,Jonathan Mermin Pdf

A comprehensive guide for health care workers worldwide, especially in areas with few medical resources. Designed as a manual for people confronting the HIV epidemic in their communities, no medical or technical knowledge or prior training in HIV prevention and care of people with AIDS is required. Topics range from the biology of the virus to designing successful prevention programmes and writing grant proposals. Risk factors for infection are discussed and suggestions given of helpful methods for explaining them and assisting people to change their behaviour. Extensive discussions of complex medical treatments not available to 95 percent of the people in the world who have HIV are avoided, focusing instead on medical interventions available in less industrialized settings. Illustrations highlight important topics and increase the accessibility of the text. An appendix aimed at readers with medical training discusses common AIDS-related illnesses and their treatment.

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-10-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309052962

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Preventing HIV Transmission by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs Pdf

This volume addresses the interface of two major national problems: the epidemic of HIV-AIDS and the widespread use of illegal injection drugs. Should communities have the option of giving drug users sterile needles or bleach for cleaning needs in order to reduce the spread of HIV? Does needle distribution worsen the drug problem, as opponents of such programs argue? Do they reduce the spread of other serious diseases, such as hepatitis? Do they result in more used needles being carelessly discarded in the community? The panel takes a critical look at the available data on needle exchange and bleach distribution programs, reaches conclusions about their efficacy, and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The book includes current knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use; characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and views on those programs from diverse community groups; and a discussion of laws designed to control possession of needles, their impact on needle sharing among injection drug users, and their implications for needle exchange programs.

Author : K. C. Goyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015060082347

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HIV/AIDS in Prison by K. C. Goyer Pdf

Author : Tim Rhodes,Dagmar Hedrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 9291684198

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Harm Reduction by Tim Rhodes,Dagmar Hedrich Pdf

Ampia trattazione sulle possibilità terapeutiche nell'ambito della tossicodipendenza, sia da sostanze legali che illegali (eroina, cocaina, anfetamina, cannabis). Si illustra il panorama legislativo e terapeutico europeo e mondiale, così come la prospettiva etica e futura delle diverse forme di terapia. La seconda parte del volume indaga la riduzione del danno nel campo delle droghe legali (tabacco, alcol), proseguendo poi ad analizzare il rapporto fra terapia e uso ricreativo giovanile della droga. Segue un capitolo dedicato ai problemi legali e criminali nella dipendenza e nel recupero, per poi accennare alle prospettive del recupero nell'Unione Europea.

Author : National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 1864965223

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Caring for People who Sniff Petrol Or Other Volatile Substances by National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) Pdf

These guidelines provide recommendations that outline the critical aspects of infection prevention and control. The recommendations were developed using the best available evidence and consensus methods by the Infection Control Steering Committee. They have been prioritised as key areas to prevent and control infection in a healthcare facility. It is recognised that the level of risk may differ according to the different types of facility and therefore some recommendations should be justified by risk assessment. When implementing these recommendations all healthcare facilities need to consider the risk of transmission of infection and implement according to their specific setting and circumstances.