Shelley N Facente, Jamie L Humphrey, Christopher Akiba, Sheila V Patel, Lynn D Wenger, Hansel Tookes, Ricky N Bluthenthal, Paul LaKosky, Stephanie Prohaska, Terry Morris, Alex H Kral, Barrot H Lambdin
Objectives. To describe the current financial health of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the United States and to assess the predictors of SSP budget levels and associations with delivery of public health interventions. Methods. We surveyed all known SSPs operating in the United States from February to June 2022 (n = 456), of which 68% responded (n = 311). We used general estimating equations to assess factors influencing SSP budget size and estimated the effects of budget size on multiple measures of SSP services...
April 2024: American Journal of Public Health