Science, Ideology, and Needle Exchange Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9749057 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin T Schechter (0000-0001-6063-2155, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 582 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-101 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716202582001007 |
| OpenAlex | W4253269367 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
Needle exchange programs (NEPs) to prevent HIV transmission among injection drug users are accepted in many countries but remain at the center of heated debate in the United States. In 1997, the author published a study of injection drug users in Vancouver showing an explosive outbreak of HIV. An incidental finding was higher HIV rates among frequent attendees of the local NEP. While this was expected because NEPs attract users at highest risk, opponents of needle exchange applied an unsupportable causal interpretation to this finding. If frequent NEP attendees had higher HIV rates, so the interpretation went, NEPs must be responsible for promoting the spread of HIV. Despite the author's admonitions against this misinterpretation of the data, it was used as part of a successful campaign to oppose U.S. federal funding of needle exchange. Regrettably, biased or even misleading interpretations often occur in the volatile interface of imperfect science and ideological debate
Engineering ethics · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Mathematics education · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Dental Education, Practice, Research · Engineering · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology · Virology
Effectiveness of needle-exchange programmes for prevention of HIV infection
Needle exchange is not enough
A decline in HIV-infected needles returned to New Haven's needle exchange program
Injecting risk behavior among drug users in Amsterdam, 1986 to 1992, and its relationship to Aids prevention programs
Reduced risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among injection drug users in the Tacoma syringe exchange program
Aids and injecting drug use in the United Kingdom, 1987–1993
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2018 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |