Life After the Ban: An Assessment of US Syringe Exchange Programs’ Attitudes About and Early Experiences with Federal Funding

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Albany N.Y. (March 27, 2012) - Despite the temporary removal of a ban on federal funds for syringe exchange programs, few programs received federal financial support during 2010-2011 as they faced multiple barriers to accessing the money, a new study finds. Instead, the programs -- intended to prevent the spread of HIV and viral hepatitis -- continued to rely heavily on funding from state and local governments and private sources, and report ongoing funding concerns.

Erika G. Martin, assistant professor in the department of public administration and policy at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy and a fellow at the College’s Rockefeller Institute of Government, is one of the authors of the study, “Life After the Ban: An Assessment of US Syringe Exchange Programs' Attitudes About and Early Experiences with Federal Funding." The article was published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health.

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