Syringe Access
Funded by NIDA grant K01 DA022923-02; PI: Robin Pollini
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The goals of this research are to use a mixed methods approach to:
- Characterize current practices regarding sales of sterile syringes to IDUs at pharmacies in Tijuana.
- Identify reasons underlying refusal to sell syringes to IDUs and identify specific circumstances under which pharmacists would be willing to expand syringes sales.
- Assess the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of pharmacists regarding HIV/AIDS and ascertain the acceptability of providing prevention information to purchasers of syringes.
- Elucidate IDUs1 past experiences with pharmacy-based syringe purchase and the circumstances under which they would most likely avail themselves of pharmacy syringe sales.
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