Geo-spatial analysis of individual-level needle and syringe coverage in Melbourne, Australia
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Individual-level needle and syringe coverage in Melbourne, Australia: a longitudinal, descriptive analysis
BACKGROUND Coverage is used as one indicator of needle and syringe program (NSP) effectiveness. At the individual level, coverage is typically defined as an estimate of the proportion of a person who injects drugs' (PWID) injecting episodes that utilise a sterile syringe. In this paper, we explore levels of individual syringe coverage and its changes over time. METHODS Data were extracted fro...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209280