Social and Political Factors Predicting the Presence of Syringe Exchange Programs in 96 US Metropolitan Areas

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ID11020876
AutoresBarbara Tempalski (0000-0002-6128-2510, Barbara Tempalski, Peter L. Flom, Samuel R. Friedman, and Don C. Des Jarlais are with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY. Samuel R. Friedman is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Don C. Des Jarlais is also with the Baron de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. Judith J. Friedman is with the Department of Sociology, Rutgers...), Peter L Flom (0000-0002-8419-7968, Barbara Tempalski, Peter L. Flom, Samuel R. Friedman, and Don C. Des Jarlais are with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY. Samuel R. Friedman is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Don C. Des Jarlais is also with the Baron de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. Judith J. Friedman is with the Department of Sociology, Rutgers...), R Friedman (0000-0003-2083-1226, Allen Institute for Brain Science), Samuel R Friedman (Barbara Tempalski, Peter L. Flom, Samuel R. Friedman, and Don C. Des Jarlais are with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY. Samuel R. Friedman is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Don C. Des Jarlais is also with the Baron de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. Judith J. Friedman is with the Department of Sociology, Rutgers...), Don C Des Jarlais (0000-0002-0157-8168, Barbara Tempalski, Peter L. Flom, Samuel R. Friedman, and Don C. Des Jarlais are with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY. Samuel R. Friedman is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Don C. Des Jarlais is also with the Baron de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. Judith J. Friedman is with the Department of Sociology, Rutgers...), Judith J Friedman (Barbara Tempalski, Peter L. Flom, Samuel R. Friedman, and Don C. Des Jarlais are with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY. Samuel R. Friedman is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Don C. Des Jarlais is also with the Baron de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. Judith J. Friedman is with the Department of Sociology, Rutgers...), Courtney McKnight (0000-0001-8685-5381, Barbara Tempalski, Peter L. Flom, Samuel R. Friedman, and Don C. Des Jarlais are with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY. Samuel R. Friedman is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Don C. Des Jarlais is also with the Baron de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. Judith J. Friedman is with the Department of Sociology, Rutgers...)
Ano2007
Volume97
Fascículo3
Páginas437-447
Data de publicação2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.065961
PMID17267732
PMCIDPMC1805016
OpenAlexW1964717538
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas32
Referências citadas41

Community activism can be important in shaping public health policies. For example, political pressure and direct action from grassroots activists have been central to the formation of syringe exchange programs (SEPs) in the United States. We explored why SEPs are present in some localities but not others, hypothesizing that programs are unevenly distributed across geographic areas as a result of political, socioeconomic, and organizational characteristics of localities, including needs, resources, and local opposition. We examined the effects of these factors on whether SEPs were present in different US metropolitan statistical areas in 2000. Predictors of the presence of an SEP included percentage of the population with a college education, the existence of local AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) chapters, and the percentage of men who have sex with men in the population. Need was not a predictor

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Grassroots · Metropolitan area · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Politics · Population · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Public Administration