Availability, accessibility, and coverage of needle and syringe programs in prisons in the European Union
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Moazen, B., Dolan, K., Moghaddam, S., Lotfizadeh, M., Duke, K., Neuhann, F., Stöver, H. and Jahn, A. 2020. Availability, accessibility, and coverage of needle and syringe programs in prisons in the European Union. Epidemiologic Reviews. 42 (1), pp. 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxaa003
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Title | Availability, accessibility, and coverage of needle and syringe programs in prisons in the European Union |
Authors | Moazen, B., Dolan, K., Moghaddam, S., Lotfizadeh, M., Duke, K., Neuhann, F., Stöver, H. and Jahn, A. |
Abstract | Needle and syringe programs (NSPs) are among the most effective interventions to control infection transmission among people who inject drugs in prisons. This review aimed to evaluate the availability, accessibility, and coverage of NSP in prisons in the European Union countries. In line with the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses” criteria, four databases of peer-reviewed publications (PubMed/Medline, ISI Web of Science, EBSCO, and ScienceDirect), and 53 databases for grey literature were systematically searched to collect data published from January 2008 to August 2018. A total of 23,969 documents (17,297 papers and 6,672 grey documents) were identified, of them 26 were included into the study. In 2018, imprisonment rates in 28 EU countries ranged between 51 per 100,000 in Finland and 235 per 100,000 in Lithuania. Only four countries namely Germany (in one prison), Luxemburg (no coverage data were found), Romania (available in more than 50% of prisons), and Spain (in all prisons) have needle and syringe programs in prisons. Portugal stopped the program after a six-months pilot phase. Despite the protective impact of the prison-based NSP on infection transmission, only four EU countries distribute sterile syringes among people who inject drugs in prisons, and coverage of the program within these countries is very low. Since most prisoners will eventually return to the community, lack of NSP in EU prisons is not only a threat to the health of prisoners but also endangers public health. |
Keywords | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; European Union; hepatitis; HIV; needle and syringe programs; prisons |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Journal | Epidemiologic Reviews |
ISSN | 0193-936X |
Electronic | 1478-6729 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 11 Sep 2020 |
31 Jan 2020 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 16 Sep 2020 |
Submitted | 20 Jan 2020 |
Accepted | 08 Sep 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Epidemiologic Reviews following peer review. The version of record "Babak Moazen, Kate Dolan, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Masoud Lotfizadeh, Karen Duke, Florian Neuhann, Heino Stöver, Albrecht Jahn, Availability, Accessibility, and Coverage of Needle and Syringe Programs in Prisons in the European Union, Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 42, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 19–26" is available online at: URL:https://academic.oup.com/epirev/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093... and DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxaa003 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxaa003 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000634636900003 |
Language | English |
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