Needle Exchange Reflection

Needle Exchange Program Group 9 Austyn Bolander, Chelsea Dugger, Catherine Hoover, Chris Giles, Cassandra Brown, Skiveta Rivera Indiana University East School of Nursing Literature Review Several studies have shown that injection drug users lower their risk of transmitting infectious diseases when there is a needle exchange program available. There has not been a valid study of whether or not the amounts of time needles are returned to the exchange programs are harmful to communities

take their life. One of that phenomenon is exchanging needles or using the same needle over and over again while doing drugs. In order to prevent chronic diseases like HIV and AIDS, in some countries their government has started a program called a needle exchange where drug users get the new and clean needles for their drug use. Basically, Needle and syringe programs (NSPs) are a type of harm diminution imagination that provides clean needles and syringes to people who have an addiction to inject

Arts School Abstract Another method used to reduce the spread of HIV among injecting drug users is through needle exchange programs (NEPs). In these programs, users can either exchange their used needles for an equal number of new, sterile needles or receive new ones without the requirement of an exchange. These programs also offered a variety of other services in addition to syringe exchange, including HIV/AIDS education and counseling, condom distribution, substance abuse, medical treatment referrals

Needle and Syringe Programs The needle and syringe program is a social service that allows IDUs to obtain hypodermic needles and associated paraphernalia at little or no cost. This program allow addicts to confidently exchange dirty needles and syringes for clean needles as well as allowing the contaminated materials to be sent away for proper disposal. Acceptance of this program around

disease? A communicable disease is carried by microorganisms and transmitted through people, animals, surfaces, foods, or air. Therefore, communicable diseases rely on fluid exchange, contaminated substances, or close contact to travel from an infected carrier to a healthy individual. The disease might need a blood exchange via an injection, float along a sneeze in a movie theater, or transmitted through childbirth. Hence, a human-to-human communicable disease could be passed through blood, mucus

prevention is TB screening. Because tuberculosis is a common problem within the homeless population, TB screening would be very beneficial. Tertiary prevention includes treating diseases and illnesses and preventing complications. Establishing more needle exchange programs is one example. This helps in the prevention of HIV and hepatitis. Linking individuals with a drug and alcohol abuse program is another example of a tertiary

Like HRAC these can include counseling, HIV testing, syringe access/exchange and help with basic living needs such as housing, transportation and food (Denver Colorado AIDS Project, 2017). The drug forum panel consisted of four individuals. First up was Teresa Hogan, the Community Outreach Director for the Harm Reduction

Prenatal development is the period in development from conception to the onset of labor. Perinatal period is the period beginning about the seventh month of pregnancy and continuing until about four weeks after birth. Postnatal development is the period in development the follows directly after birth. The germinal stage is the stage lasting about ten -fourteen days following conception before the fertilized egg becomes implanted in the uterine wall. The embryonic stage is the stage in which

explore the idea of otherness, whether it is on a basis of race, ethnicity or socioeconomic standing. A Really Good Brown Girl, published in 1996, is focused on Dumont and her personal experiences as part of the Métis community (Lopičić), and is a reflection of the impacts of growing up as a minority in a predominantly white cultural environment. It is divided into four sections with thematic titles, and in most of her poems, she criticizes the fact that “femininity is racialized and duality surrounding

This essay is going describe the skills that student nurses need to demonstrate to show that they have a clear understanding of good nursing practice. This essay will focus on four inter-related skills that complement each other in achieving goals (Barker 2007). The goal that these nursing skills seek to achieve is good nursing practice as according to Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC 2008) mission of protecting the health and welfare of the public. NMC is the National Regulatory body that