A qualitative study of facilitators and barriers to participate in a needle exchange program for women who inject drugs

• Main Authors: Malin Värmå Falk (Author), Susanne Strömdahl (Author), Anna Mia Ekström (Author), Martin Kåberg (Author), Niklas Karlsson (Author), Helena Dahlborn (Author), Anders Hammarberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Women who inject drugs (WWID) show higher levels of injecting risk behaviour compared to men, putting them at risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis C (HCV). Compared to men, WWID are also less present in harm reduction programs such as needle exchange programs (NEP). The aim of t...