Probability models of needle exchange

Probability models of needle exchange

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Article ID: iaor19982280
Country: United States
Volume: 43
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 558
End Page Number: 569
Publication Date: Jul 1995
Journal: Operations Research
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Keywords: probability, statistics: general
Abstract:

Needle exchange is an intervention for slowing HIV transmission among drug injectors. Most studies of needle exchange rely on changes in self-reported risky behaviours among program participants. This paper reports two models based on objectively observed operational data, such as needle distribution rates, client visit dates, needle circulation times, and the function of returned needles testing HIV positive. Application of the models to data from the New Haven needle exchange suggests that HIV transmission has been slowed significantly among program participants.

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