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| Title |
A national physician survey on prescribing syringes as an HIV prevention measure
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1747-597x-4-13 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
GE Macalino, D Dhawan Sachdev, JD Rich, C Becker, LJ Tan, L Beletsky, S Burris |
| Abstract |
Access to sterile syringes is a proven means of reducing the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis, and bacterial infections among injection drug users. In many U.S. states and territories, drug paraphernalia and syringe prescription laws are barriers to syringe access for injection drug users (IDUs): pharmacists may be reluctant to sell syringes to suspected IDUs, and police may confiscate syringes or arrest IDUs who cannot demonstrate a "legitimate" medical need for the syringes they possess. These barriers can be addressed by physician prescription of syringes. This study evaluates physicians' willingness to prescribe syringes, using the theory of planned behavior to identify key behavioral influences. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 44 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 41 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 20% |
| Researcher | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 12 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Psychology | 3 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 15 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 July 2021.
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#4,695,037
of 22,782,096 outputs
Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#280
of 667 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,836
of 114,201 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#1
of 2 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,782,096 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 76th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 667 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its peers.
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