"Needle-Exchange Programs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Organized services for exchange of sterile needles and syringes used for injections as a potential means of reducing the transmission of infectious diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D018671
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.726.708
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| Concept/Terms |
Needle-Exchange Programs- Needle-Exchange Programs
- Needle Exchange Programs
- Needle-Exchange Program
- Program, Needle-Exchange
- Programs, Needle-Exchange
- Syringe-Exchange Programs
- Program, Syringe-Exchange
- Programs, Syringe-Exchange
- Syringe Exchange Programs
- Syringe-Exchange Program
Supervised Injecting Centers- Supervised Injecting Centers
- Center, Supervised Injecting
- Centers, Supervised Injecting
- Injecting Center, Supervised
- Injecting Centers, Supervised
- Supervised Injecting Center
- Supervised Injecting Facilities
- Facilities, Supervised Injecting
- Facility, Supervised Injecting
- Injecting Facilities, Supervised
- Injecting Facility, Supervised
- Supervised Injecting Facility
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Needle-Exchange Programs" by people in Profiles.
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Public Support for Harm Reduction Strategies to Address the Opioid Pandemic in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis. Subst Use Misuse. 2026; 61(10):1719-1727.
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Houselessness and syringe service program utilization among people who inject drugs in eight rural areas across the USA: a cross-sectional analysis. Harm Reduct J. 2023 10 26; 20(1):157.
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Speaking and learning across disciplines in the harm reduction debate. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 11; 121:104108.
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Trends in homelessness and injection practices among young urban and suburban people who inject drugs: 1997-2017. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 08 01; 225:108797.
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Syringe Coverage Among People Who Inject Drugs in West Virginia, USA. AIDS Behav. 2021 Oct; 25(10):3377-3385.
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"They look at us like junkies": influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City. Harm Reduct J. 2020 07 31; 17(1):53.
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Effect of Needle Exchange Program on Maternal Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence. Am J Perinatol. 2020 07; 37(9):881-889.
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Take-home naloxone possession among people who inject drugs in rural West Virginia. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 11 01; 204:107581.
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Triangulating Syndemic Services and Drug Treatment Policy: Improving Drug Treatment Portal Locations in Baltimore City. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2016; 10(2):319-27.
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Needle exchange and sexual risk behaviors among a cohort of injection drug users in Chicago, Illinois. Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Jan; 36(1):35-40.