Paone D, Clark J, Shi Q, Purchase D, Des Jarlais D C
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1999 Jan;89(1):43-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.89.1.43.
This paper provides 1996 information on the status of US syringe exchange programs and compares these findings with data from our 1994 survey.
In November 1996, questionnaires were mailed to 101 syringe exchange programs. Program directors were contacted to conduct telephone interviews based on the mailed questionnaires. Data collected included number of syringes exchanged, syringe exchange program operations, legal status, and services offered.
Eighty-seven programs participated in the survey. A total of 46 (53%) were legal, 20 (23%) were illegal but tolerated, and 21 (24%) were illegal-underground. Since 1994, there has been a 54% increase in the number of cities and a 38% increase in the number of states with syringe exchange programs. Eighty-four programs reported exchanging approximately 14 million syringes, a 75% increase from 1994. Syringe exchange programs also provided a variety of other services and supplies, and legal programs were more likely than illegal ones to provide these services.
Despite continued lack of federal funding, syringe exchange programs expanded in terms of the number of syringes exchanged, the geographic distribution of programs, and the range of services offered.
本文提供了1996年美国注射器交换项目的状况信息，并将这些结果与我们1994年调查的数据进行比较。
1996年11月，向101个注射器交换项目邮寄了调查问卷。基于邮寄的问卷联系项目负责人进行电话访谈。收集的数据包括交换的注射器数量、注射器交换项目的运作、法律地位以及提供的服务。
87个项目参与了调查。其中共有46个（53%）是合法的，20个（23%）是非法但被容忍的，21个（24%）是非法地下的。自1994年以来，开展注射器交换项目的城市数量增加了54%，州数量增加了38%。84个项目报告交换了约1400万个注射器，比1994年增加了75%。注射器交换项目还提供了各种其他服务和用品，合法项目比非法项目更有可能提供这些服务。
尽管持续缺乏联邦资金，但注射器交换项目在交换的注射器数量、项目的地理分布以及提供的服务范围方面都有所扩展。
