2024年2月8日 · Syringe services programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that provide a range of services. These services include: SSPs protect the public and first responders by providing safe disposal of used needles and syringes. SSPs also prevent outbreaks of other diseases by providing:

2023年12月20日 · Federal agencies may support syringe services programs (SSPs) at local levels. Evidence from state, local, tribal, or territorial health departments must prove an SSP will be beneficial before funding is allocated. Funding may not be used to purchase needles or syringes. Workers provide food and aid at a syringe services program (SSP) site.

2024年2月8日 · Syringe services programs (SSPs) are proven and effective community-based prevention programs that can provide a range of services, including access to and disposal of sterile syringes and injection equipment, vaccination, testing, and linkage to infectious disease care and substance use treatment. 8 11 SSPs reach people who inject drugs, an oft...

Needs-based syringe distribution provides people who inject drugs (PWID) access to the number of syringes they need to ensure that a new, sterile syringe is available for each injection. A needs-based approach provides sterile syringes with no restrictions, including no …

As described in summary guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and HHS1, the term SSPs includes provision of sterile needles, syringes and other drug preparation equipment and disposal services, as well as some or all of the following services: comprehensive sexual and injection risk reduction counselling; HIV, viral ...

2020年5月15日 · Syringe services programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that can provide a range of services, including access to and disposal of sterile syringes and injection equipment, vaccination, testing for infectious diseases such as viral hepatitis and HIV, naloxone distribution, and linkage to infectious disease care and substance use ...

It provides a broad framework for new and existing SSPs to ensure needs-based service delivery, reduce harms related to injection drug use, and link participants to services that support their health and wellness.

2024年3月20日 · SSPs are community-based prevention programs. The purpose is to: Increase access to harm reduction services for people who use or inject drugs or have a history of injecting drugs. Reduce the incidence of infectious diseases and other complications of injection drug use. These organizations provide a range of harm reduction services including:

2025年2月26日 · Read CDC’s Syringe Services Programs: Developing, Implementing, and Monitoring Programs, a compendium of tools and resources to assist health departments and local partners in planning, designing, or implementing SSPs in their jurisdictions.

2019年6月26日 · Nearly 30 years of research shows that comprehensive SSPs are safe, effective, and cost-saving; do not increase illegal drug use or crime; reduce transmission of viral hepatitis, HIV, and other infections; and increase the chance that a participant will stop injecting drugs.