Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study
Chayama K, Ng C, Fleming T, Small W, Sue K, McNeil R. Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study. Harm Reduction Journal 2023, 20: 126. PMID: 37679789, PMCID: PMC10483728, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00862-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSyringe services programSyringe distribution programsInjecting equipmentSingle room occupancy hotelsDrug-related risksDistribution programHarm reduction measuresHarm reduction supportsLow-threshold accessMethodsBetween JanuaryPWIDDrug useSyringe possessionPeer staffMost participantsIllicit drugsDrugsService programsSyringesSupportive housingParticipants