"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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.726.708
|
| 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
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Needle-Exchange Programs".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Needle-Exchange Programs".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Needle-Exchange Programs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Needle-Exchange Programs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Needle-Exchange Programs" by people in Profiles.
-
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.
-
Speaking and learning across disciplines in the harm reduction debate. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Nov; 121:104108.
-
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.
-
Effect of Needle Exchange Program on Maternal Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence. Am J Perinatol. 2020 07; 37(9):881-889.
-
Triangulating Syndemic Services and Drug Treatment Policy: Improving Drug Treatment Portal Locations in Baltimore City. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2016; 10(2):319-27.
-
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.
-
Needle exchange and injection-related risk behaviors in Chicago: a longitudinal study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 May 01; 45(1):108-14.
-
Cessation of injection drug use and change in injection frequency: the Chicago Needle Exchange Evaluation Study. Addiction. 2006 Nov; 101(11):1606-13.
-
Drug use and HIV risk practices of secondary and primary needle exchange users. AIDS Educ Prev. 2005 Apr; 17(2):170-84.
-
Science, faith and AIDS: the battle over harm reduction. Am J Bioeth. 2005; 5(2):3-4.