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Secondary exchange of sterile injecting equipment in a high distribution environment: A mixed method analysis in south east Sydney, Australia

dc.contributor.author Bryant, Joanne en_US
dc.contributor.author Hopwood, Maxwell en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T15:14:34Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T15:14:34Z
dc.date.issued 2009 en_US
dc.description.abstract In Australia, sterile needles are distributed to people who inject drugs through formal services for the purposes of limiting the transmission of blood borne viruses (BBV). Secondary exchange (SE) involves people acquiring needles from formal services and redistributing them to others. This paper describes the extent, patterns and contexts of SE in south east Sydney, Australia and examines whether SE is independently associated with BBV risk practices. SE is a common activity in south east Sydney but does not appear to be highly organised, usually taking place in small networks of friends and/or partners for altruistic reasons. Harm reduction programs could capitalise on the prevalence of SE to reach injecting drug users who do not use formal distribution services. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0955-3959 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/44232
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other Injecting drug use en_US
dc.subject.other Secondary exchange en_US
dc.subject.other Syringe relay en_US
dc.title Secondary exchange of sterile injecting equipment in a high distribution environment: A mixed method analysis in south east Sydney, Australia en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal International Journal of Drug Policy en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 1-5 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Bryant, Joanne, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Hopwood, Maxwell, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school Centre for Social Research in Health *
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