A community-based approach to linking injection drug users with needed services through pharmacies: An evaluation of a pilot intervention in New York City

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-251

  Rudolph, A E ^a,b   Standish, K ^b   Amesty, S ^b,c,d   Crawford, N D ^b,c   Stern, R J ^b   Badillo, W E ^e   Boyer, A ^f   Brown, D ^g   Ranger, N ^h   Garcia Orduna, J M ⁱ   Lasenburg, L ^j,k   Lippek, Sarah ^l   Fuller, Crystal M ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VIP Community Services   (United States)

^h Brooklyn AIDS Task Force   (United States)

ⁱ East Harlem HIV CARE Network   (United States)

^j Bronx District Public Health Office (Bronx DPHO)   (United States)

^k CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^l AIDS Center of Queens County   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; NEW YORK CITY; PHARMACIES; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES;

EID: 77953511286     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.3.238     Document Type: Article

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