Preventing HIV Transmission:

The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach

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Size: 352 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1995

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Jacques Normand, David Vlahov, and Lincoln E. Moses, Editors; Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
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Should the nation support giving drug users sterile needles and bleach for cleaning them to reduce the spread of HIV? Or does needle distribution worsen the drug problem? This book takes a critical look at the available data on the ...
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"...readers interested in the interwoven problems of illicit drug injection and HIV infection and AIDS should find this report pertinent and clearly written." The New England Journal of Medicine
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FRONT MATTER	i-xviii	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-8	(skim)
INTRODUCTION	9-20	(skim)
PART 1 DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM	21-22	(skim)
1 THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV AND AIDS	23-56	(skim)
2 THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INJECTION DRUG USE	57-73	(skim)
3 NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND BLEACH DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES	74-102	(skim)
4 COMMUNITY VIEWS	103-142	(skim)
5 THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT	143-164	(skim)
PART2 THE IMPACT OF NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND BLEACH DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS	165-166	(skim)
6 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BLEACH AS A DISINFECTANT OF INJECTION DRUG EQUIPMENT	167-197	(skim)
7 THE EFFECTS OF NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS	198-262	(skim)
8 DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH	263-278	(skim)
APPENDIXES	279-280	(skim)
A DESCRIPTION AND REVIEW OF RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THREE CITIES	281-306	(skim)
B PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION POSITIONS ON NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND BLEACH...	307-312	(skim)
C BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES	313-320	(skim)
INDEX	321-334	(skim)

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Should the nation support giving drug users sterile needles and bleach for cleaning them to reduce the spread of HIV? Or does needle distribution worsen the drug problem? This book takes a critical look at the available data on the needle and bleach programs under way, reaches conclusions about the effectiveness of these programs, and offers concrete recommendations to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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"...readers interested in the interwoven problems of illicit drug injection and HIV infection and AIDS should find this report pertinent and clearly written." The New England Journal of Medicine