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You can find more information on some of the major topic areas for the comprehensive approach for HIV Prevention among IDUs

• Access to Sterile Syringes
• Criminal Justice
• Policy Efforts
• Sexual Transmission Among IDUs
• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Syringe Disposal

Access to Sterile Syringes

Fact Sheet Series: Access to Sterile Syringes

• Access to Sterile Syringes
• Pharmacy Sales of Sterile Syringes
• Policy Efforts to Increase IDUs Access to Sterile Syringes
• Syringe Exchange Programs

HIV Prevention Among Drug Users (1997)

• Prescription and Paraphernalia Laws
• Attitudes and Practices of Law Enforcement Officers and Pharmacists

Comprehensive Approach Document (2001)

• Interventions to Increase IDUs’ Access to Sterile Syringes
• Effect of Changing Connecticut’s Syringe Laws
• Interventions to Increase IDUs' Access to Sterile Syringes
• Policy Efforts To Increase IDU's Access To Sterile Syringes
• Syringe Exchange Programs
• Initiatives with Pharmacists

Criminal Justice

Fact Sheet Series: Criminal Justice (2001)

• Drug Use, HIV, and the Criminal Justice System
• Drug Users and the Structure of the Criminal Justice System
• Substance Abuse Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
• Women, Drug Use, and the Criminal Justice System
• HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing in the Criminal Justice System
• Providing Services to Inmates Living with HIV
• Helping Inmates Return to the Community
• Working with the Criminal Justice System

HIV Prevention Among Drug Users (1997)

• Incarcerated Persons and Parolees
• HIV Prevention Programs within the Criminal Justice System
• Collaborative HIV Prevention Efforts in Correctional Systems- Georgia, New York, Rhode Island

Comprehensive Approach Document (2001)

• Rates of Drug Abuse and HIV Infection
• Emphasis on Criminal Penalties Rather Than Treatment
• Integrating Drug Substance Abuse treatment Into Every Phase of the Criminal Justice Process- General Barry McCaffrey
• Training for IDU Service Providers
• Overcoming Stigma Through Investing in Human Capital- ARRIVE Program of Exponents, Inc.
• Substance Abuse Treatment Can Reduce Crime Related Costs
• Interventions in the Criminal Justice System - Key Strategy of A Comprehensive Approach
• An Innovative Approach to Working with IDUs within the Court System - Brooklyn Treatment Court
• Interventions in the Criminal Justice System

Policy Efforts

HIV Prevention Among Drug Users (1997)

• Public Policy Issues
• Laws, Regulations, and Practices Shape HIV Prevention Initiatives
• Prescription and Paraphernalia Laws - Definitions
• Attitudes and Practices of Law Enforcement Officers and Pharmacists
• Confidentiality and Mandatory Reporting

Comprehensive Approach Document (2001)

• Negative Attitudes Toward IDUs Affect Public Policy and Treatment Approaches
• Changing Connecticut's Syringe Laws Results in Increased Pharmacy Sales of Syringes to IDUs
• Policy Efforts to Increase IDUs Access to Sterile Syringes

Sexual Transmission Among IDUs

HIV Prevention Among Drug Users (1997)

• Substance Abuse and HIV Risk
• Drug Use, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Risk
• High-Risk Practices and Behaviors Among Drug Users
• High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among IDUs
• High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Crack Users
• Intersecting Epidemics: Crack Use and Sexual Risks for HIV Infection

Comprehensive Approach Document (2001)

• Sexual Behaviors
• Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV at the Community Level
• Strategies to Prevent Sexual Transmission
• Strategies to Prevent Sexual Transmission (2)

Substance Abuse Treatment

HIV Prevention Among Drug Users (1997)

• Drug Treatment - Detoxification, Inpatient, Thorapeutic Communities, Outpatient, Methadone, Maintenance, Self-help
• Abstinence-Based Drug Treatment Programs and HIV Risk Reduction
• Basic Components of a Therapeutic Community (TC) Program

Comprehensive Approach Document (2001).

• Limited Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• Breaking the Link Between Substance Abuse and Crime - General Barry McCaffrey, Dr. Alan Leshner, Dr. Hortensia Amaro
• Cross-Training for HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, and Substance Abuse Providers - Georgia 1996
• Training & Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Substance Abuse Providers - The Statewide Partnership for HIV Education in Recovery Environments (SPHERE)
• Substance Abuse Treatment - Key Strategy of A Comprehensive Approach
• Outreach Effort of Substance Abuse Treatment Provider - River Region Human Services AIDS Outreach
• Substance Abuse Treatment - A Powerful Disease Prevention Strategy

Syringe Disposal

Fact Sheet Series: Access to Syringes

• Syringe Disposal

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention

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