Presentations
Peer Prevention Networks: Formalizing Satellite Syringe Exchange as Public Health Practice.
Stopka, TJ; Irwin, K; Scholar, S; Ross, A; Truax, SR; and the IDU-SSE Team. Poster Presentation, 17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm in Vancouver, Canada, April 30 – May 4, 2006.
Stopka, TJ; Irwin, K; Scholar, S; Ross, A; Truax, SR; and the IDU-SSE Team. Poster Presentation, 17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm in Vancouver, Canada, April 30 – May 4, 2006.
IDU-SSE High Risk Initiative: Preliminary Evaluation Results.
Stopka, TJ. Presentation given at the semi-annual meeting of the SSE-HRI partners, November 15, 2006.
Stopka, TJ. Presentation given at the semi-annual meeting of the SSE-HRI partners, November 15, 2006.
Peer-based prevention with IDUs and Satellite Syringe Exchangers.
Stopka, TJ; Irwin, K; Ross, A; Truax, SR; and the IDU-SSE Team. Presentation, HIV Prevention Leadership Summit, San Francisco, August 3, 2005.
Stopka, TJ; Irwin, K; Ross, A; Truax, SR; and the IDU-SSE Team. Presentation, HIV Prevention Leadership Summit, San Francisco, August 3, 2005.
HIV Prevention Through Indigenous Peer Educators: Satellite Syringe Exchange And Public Health In California.
Stopka, TJ; Lees, NB; Irwin, K. and the IDU-SSE Team. Poster Presentation, HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, June 12-15, 2005.
Stopka, TJ; Lees, NB; Irwin, K. and the IDU-SSE Team. Poster Presentation, HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, June 12-15, 2005.
Peer-Based HIV Prevention Among IDUs and Satellite Syringe Exchangers in California Stopka, TJ; Lees, NB; Irwin, K.; Ross, A; Truax, SR; and the IDU-SSE Team. Presentation, National HIV/AIDS Update Conference, Oakland, CA, April 11, 2005.
Sites' Experiences
The following comments characterize some of the experiences site staff have had in implementing and overseeing the IDU-SSE program.
- Some participants are excellent SSEs but are unable to meet the project reporting, documentation, and regular meeting requirements. "I usually work with them for a while, see if they can make 3 appointments in a row, before I ask them if they want to participate in the program..."
- Participants eager to talk about their experiences and risk behaviors, which "...sometimes significantly increases amount of time required to complete the survey..."
- "...excellent opportunity to get to know participants on a deeper level and to address issues that are of a more sensitive nature than what is readily discussed at an exchange site..."
- Over time staff become more comfortable: "...we are able to complete the process in a shorter time and feel more at ease when asking questions." "...have seen an increase in the number of SEP clients and in the numbers of syringes exchanged"
- "...quality of contact between outreach workers and SSEs has deepened." "One of the SSEs who was previously trained in using Narcan has saved 4 people's lives..."
- SSE staff recently gained entrance to a reservation that SEP had been trying to access for 5 years.
- "We are starting to have conversations with IDUs that we have not had before..."
- "Our SEPs, the City, and the County Office of AIDS are talking for the first time about harm reduction!"