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  • Point for Point

    Investigators: San Francisco AIDS Foundation HIV Prevention Project & The Prevention Point Research Group

    Publication Date: April 26, 2016

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About This Product

Point for Point is a needle exchange intervention designed for implementation in street settings. Needle exchange operates on the premise that increased availability of sterile syringes can reduce the prevalence of needle-sharing among injection drug users (IDUs). Needle sharing, the use of the same syringe by more than one person, is associated with high rates of transmission of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. Point for Point relies on trained volunteers to operate exchange sites at which sterile hypodermic syringes are exchanged for used syringes on a one-for-one basis. Volunteers also distribute condoms and provide exchangers with bleach, alcohol swabs, sterile cotton, and other materials associated with safer drug-injection techniques. Point for Point was evaluated under the name Prevention Point in connection with the Urban Health Study (UHS), a long-term study of the IDU community in San Francisco, CA. Data collected through UHS surveys revealed that Point for Point quickly became the principal source of sterile syringes for San Francisco IDUs, and that IDUs who reported regular use of the needle exchange were significantly less likely to report needle-sharing than IDUs who did not use the needle exchange. Participants also reported a significant drop in the median number of daily injections, and the proportion of respondents who reported their first injection behavior in the previous year dropped significantly. An overall decline in reported needle sharing was also observed (Watters, 1996; Watters, Estillo, Clark and Lorvick, 1994). Click here to view more detailed information on this program.
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Planning & Pre-Implementation
  • Introduction to the Online Program
  • User's Guide
  • Facilitator's Manuals
    • Volunteer Recruitment and Training Manual
    • Site Logistics Manual
  • Materials
    • Volunteer Information Packet
    • Supplemental Documents
    • Other Program Materials
  • Other Documents
    • HAPPA Adaptation Workbook
Implementation
  • Section 1
    • Section 1 - Recruiting Volunteers
    • Volunteer Information Packet
    • Volunteer Agreement
    • On-Site Training - How It Works
  • Section 2
    • Section 2 - On-Site Training
    • On-Site Training - How It Works
    • Site Logistics Manual
  • Section 3
    • Section 3 - Classroom Training
    • Exercise 8 - Difficult Person Scenarios
  • Section 4
    • Section 4 - Volunteer Management
Evaluation
  • Original Evaluation Instruments
  • HAPPA Evaluation Assistance Kit
  • HAPPA Evaluation Questionnaire
  • HAPPA Process Evaluation
Product Details
  • One day classroom training session
  • On-site apprenticeship over 6 weeks
  • Needle exchange program lasts for up to 1 year
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In-person training is available for this EBI. The training will be customized to your budget and needs:

  • Online and onsite training options are available
  • Train the Facilitator and/or Train the Trainer options are available.

For more information and to get a price quote, please contact us at socio@socio.com or 650-279-5777. We will review your requirements and create a customized training quote for your organization.

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