Needle-Exchange Programs

"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.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

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".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Preventive Health Services [N02.421.726]
Needle-Exchange Programs [N02.421.726.708]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Needle-Exchange Programs".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Needle-Exchange Programs".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

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.

Bar chart showing 13 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2002

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	1	3
2016	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2
2024	0	2	2
2026	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Needle-Exchange Programs" by people in Profiles.

Paudel K, Gautam K, Pagoto S, Xu R, Wickersham JA, Altice FL, Bhusal S, Sujan MSH, Copenhaver M, Hong C, Shrestha R. Suicidal ideation, mental health services, and barriers to care among syringe services program clients who use opioids. PLoS One. 2026; 21(7):e0354745.

View in: PubMed
Hall OT, Sturgeon JA, Bradley J, Helm A, Rausch J, Kuloszewski E, Deaner M, Malvestutto C, Lipps A, Hassett A. Pain is associated with reduced adherence to safer injection practices among people who inject opioids. Harm Reduct J. 2026 Jun 19; 23(1).

View in: PubMed
Romo E, Bianchet E, Dowd P, Mazor KM, Stopka TJ, Friedmann PD. Syringe Access, Syringe Sharing, and Perceptions of HCV: A Qualitative Study Exploring the HCV Risk Environment in Rural Northern New England, United States. Viruses. 2024 08 27; 16(9).

View in: PubMed
Romo E, Stopka TJ, Jesdale BM, Wang B, Mazor KM, Friedmann PD. Association of spatial proximity to fixed-site syringe services programs with HCV serostatus and injection equipment sharing practices among people who inject drugs in rural New England, United States. Harm Reduct J. 2024 01 28; 21(1):23.

View in: PubMed
Ballard AM, Falk D, Greenwood H, Gugerty P, Feinberg J, Friedmann PD, Go VF, Jenkins WD, Korthuis PT, Miller WC, Pho MT, Seal DW, Smith GS, Stopka TJ, Westergaard RP, Zule WA, Young AM, Cooper HLF. 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.

View in: PubMed
Romo E, Rudolph AE, Stopka TJ, Wang B, Jesdale BM, Friedmann PD. HCV serostatus and injection sharing practices among those who obtain syringes from pharmacies and directly and indirectly from syringe services programs in rural New England. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2023 01 03; 18(1):2.

View in: PubMed
Loewinger G, Sharma B, Karki DK, Khatiwoda P, Kainee S, Poudel KC. Low knowledge and perceived Hepatitis C risk despite high risk behaviour among injection drug users in Kathmandu, Nepal. Int J Drug Policy. 2016 07; 33:75-82.

View in: PubMed
Roose RJ, Hayashi AS, Cunningham CO. Self-management of injection-related wounds among injecting drug users. J Addict Dis. 2009; 28(1):74-80.

View in: PubMed
McGarry KA, Stein MD, Clarke JG, Friedmann PD. Utilization of preventive health services by HIV-seronegative injection drug users. J Addict Dis. 2002; 21(2):93-102.

View in: PubMed
Stein MD, Friedmann P. Need for medical and psychosocial services among injection drug users: a comparative study of needle exchange and methadone maintenance. Am J Addict. 2002; 11(4):262-70.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals