Pharmacist and pharmacy staff experiences with non-prescription (NP) sale of syringes and attitudes toward providing HIV prevention services for injection drug users (IDUs) in Providence, RI

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 942-953

  Zaller, Nickolas ^a,b   Jeronimo, Alexandra ^b   Bratberg, Jeffrey ^b,c   Case, Patricia ^d   Rich, Josiah D ^a,b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; IDUs; OTC syringes; Pharmacies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; RHODE ISLAND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650861787     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9503-z     Document Type: Article

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